It allowed Gen z to connect and mobilize protests in a way that hadn’t ever been seen before. Sharing and continuing to share information that was relevant to movements after the media stopped paying attention. It had it’s problems, it had its uses.
Are there a lot of active gen z protestors relative to other generations near you? I’m on the younger end of millennials, and where I live I see way more people older than me at protests than people younger than me or close to my age. Maybe just a quirk of my city I guess.
Gen Z already had the internet. They could’ve shared shit at any time and hosted it as long as they wanted after the media attention without using TikTok.
It ushered in an era of drastically falling attention spans and fostered increased device addiction. It was never good.
It allowed Gen z to connect and mobilize protests in a way that hadn’t ever been seen before. Sharing and continuing to share information that was relevant to movements after the media stopped paying attention. It had it’s problems, it had its uses.
We need better alternatives, something that’s definitely not under control of some business
It also allowed protestors to be tracked and spread misinformation in a way we had never seen. It was the problem.
Are there a lot of active gen z protestors relative to other generations near you? I’m on the younger end of millennials, and where I live I see way more people older than me at protests than people younger than me or close to my age. Maybe just a quirk of my city I guess.
Older millennial, and ditto. It’s mostly older, with a smattering of 30-somethings with their kids
source? bc gen z over here are doing just fine using the usual stuff
Gen Z already had the internet. They could’ve shared shit at any time and hosted it as long as they wanted after the media attention without using TikTok.
The bad outweighs the good. Fuck TikTok all the way. Hated it from the very beginning when it was called Musically.