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Yet another study that proves that, if you are a millennial, social media turns you into an introverted, socially awkward hermit. Hey, don't blame me, I'm not the one that conducted the survey. ;)

Those are the findings of a new survey, which showed that as millennials spend more time engaged on social media platforms, it's causing them to be less social in real life. The study, conducted by Flashgap, a photo-sharing application with more than 150,000 users, found that 87 percent of millennials admitted to missing out on a conversation because they were distracted by their phone. Meanwhile, 54 percent said they experience a fear of missing out if not checking social networks.
 
It really is a no brainer. Walk down any college campus or college building. Thousands upon thousands of smartphone zombies staring at their thumbs not noticing anything around them.
 
I don't use social media at all and I am still introverted and socially awkward. I think the study is flawed.
 
Honestly, as someone that is part of the generation being studied, I have to say that I'm mighty disappointed in my peers.
 
I'm way too old to be considered a Millennial, but I am a recovering Facebook user. :p

Turned off my account some months ago because I was becoming one of those thumb-staring zombies. For about a week I missed checking it and feared I would be missing out on stuff. I got over that. A few weeks later, I had missed a couple things and it made me think "Well, maybe I should stay on..." But I realized the things I missed didn't matter. Close friends will call or text me, or I'll see them at the gym.

Now I get to be one of those dicks that's all smug about not using Facebook. :D
 
Back in my day we didn't need social media to be an introverted, socially awkward hermit, we did it the old fashion way.

Of course now I just spend my time yelling at the kids to get off my dead, brown, patch of weeds that used to be my lawn. (Thanks California Democrats!)
 
Now I get to be one of those dicks that's all smug about not using Facebook. :D

Welcome to the club, never used social networking myself. Seems to be just one big continuous "look at me and how cool I am". Just never appealed to me.
 
This socially awkward hermit tends to be overwhelmed and confused (and a little disturbed) by social media and tends to avoid it as much as possible.


...Maybe it's a mild case of the Luddites, since anonymous message boards are apparently OK?
 
I think it's just dumb to use the whole "Millennials" thing anyway because you're lumping in 1980s people with 1990s people which means you're mixing like 30+ types with people in their 20s. Lots of things changed so just assuming that 1990s people are stupid enough to be social media addicts like the previous decade's people who grew up with Stone Age tech and are impressed by blinky LEDs so they're naturally drawn to things like Facebook. Sorry, but social crap is for people who feel like being "online" is a novelty. No one younger cares or is impressed with themselves for it. They just do it because they have to since it's the only way old people know how to communicate since they can't form a thought longer than 140 characters and have no idea how to send an e-mail or talk face-to-face.
 
I think it's just dumb to use the whole "Millennials" thing anyway because you're lumping in 1980s people with 1990s people which means you're mixing like 30+ types with people in their 20s. Lots of things changed so just assuming that 1990s people are stupid enough to be social media addicts like the previous decade's people who grew up with Stone Age tech and are impressed by blinky LEDs so they're naturally drawn to things like Facebook. Sorry, but social crap is for people who feel like being "online" is a novelty. No one younger cares or is impressed with themselves for it. They just do it because they have to since it's the only way old people know how to communicate since they can't form a thought longer than 140 characters and have no idea how to send an e-mail or talk face-to-face.

Wait a second... you're being your usual sarcastic self but most of this is true :confused:
 
I don't really use social media, other than for my start-ups, and to direct message with a few people on my team on instagram (really handy thumbnail previews, and sharing ability). Outside of instagram though...Facebook is completely useless to me. I've seen enough baby's and kids/pets/vacation pictures to last a lifetime. If I wanted to see your kid, I'd come over (spoiler: I don't want to see your kids). Same with pets (I've got my own). I don't want to see your vacation pictures, because I'm too busy seeing the actual structures/landscapes/etc. myself.

As a 26 year old, Facebook is lost on me. Now looking at silly pictures on imgur/reddit during lunch...there's a good time.
 
Calling friends on the landline and hoping they answer wasn't that great, either.

Or girls wanted to have phone conversations with their friends, electronic though not high-tech.

Somebody saw the need for ICQ and it got popular. Then ICQ etc. on a device in your pocket. Hardly hocking that it hooks people.
 
*shocking

And for young people isn't reading for pleasure up and TV watching is down? Cut the ads and some seasons are short, like five movies.

My parents stressed going to the library and reading, then that faded down to nothing. Way too much TV.
 
I just played magic cards with my buddy and video games. Social media wasn't the issue, our networking was a paper football with a note thrown across the room. If anything facebook allows me to have more interactions with people I wouldn't otherwise. I miss myspace, I liked not knowing what went on in your life unless I clicked on you lol.
 
And for young people isn't reading for pleasure up and TV watching is down?

I don't know if there's any sources of data on that to say for sure one way or the other. You can kinda measure TV watching and break it down by age group even, but its hard to do that for reading since it's done in a lot of different formats. I do know that I have friends (myself too) that don't bother with TV at all, but also haven't replaced it with stuff like Hulu, YouTube, or that other one and most of us read for fun.

I just played magic cards with my buddy and video games. Social media wasn't the issue, our networking was a paper football with a note thrown across the room. If anything facebook allows me to have more interactions with people I wouldn't otherwise. I miss myspace, I liked not knowing what went on in your life unless I clicked on you lol.

MySpace was kinda good for like socializing, but not really getting into everyone's lives, but I think the people at the time who were online the most when MySpace was around decided collectively that they wanted a different platform and supported the super-invasiveness of Facebook instead. Tumblr is still an okay blogging platform though if you can get around all the Miss Slutty McSlutkins types that insist on posting their nasty pics or the wannabe body builders that are posting selfies with themselves covered in so much oil that you'd swear they just jumped into a vat of coconut butter.
 
Doesn't school basically teach kids to sit quietly and focus on text or now their tablet?

Then get into five groups and discuss something but there's usually no real penalty for saying ten semi-coherent words and checking out mentally.
 
Being social is being social, on line, at the office, on the street corner, all same same. Some people have these stupid concepts stuck in their head, "like there is a real world" fuck :D
 
I believe technology and social media has changed people to be less sociable.

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