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jimmydoe • yesterday at 6:29 PM • 5 replies • view on HN

social network, and to some degree open internet, is a millennial thing, it will die out as millennials get older.

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culi • yesterday at 7:10 PM

A poll of gen alpha (aged 12-15) from 2024 asked about job aspirations:

  YouTuber (32%)
  TikTok creator (21%)
  Doctor/nurse (20%)
  Mobile app/video game developer (19%)
  Entrepreneur (17%)
  Artist (16%)
  Sports athlete (15%)
  Professional online streamer (15%)
  Musician (14%)
  Teacher (14%)
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ronbenton • yesterday at 7:16 PM

Anecdata—as one of the oldest millennials, I have seen a very steep drop off in social network usage amongst my peers. Too much IRL family stuff.

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chipheat • yesterday at 7:33 PM

Why? At least currently I don't feel this way about them.

riffic • yesterday at 8:02 PM

A "social network" is a concept that goes far beyond computing and the internet

fogzen • yesterday at 6:43 PM

I tend to agree — but is there any data on this?