Educated Germans avoid social media

Re:Educated Germans avoid social media by galago on Monday December 21, 2015 @08:41PM (#10775087)

I encountered a Mexican kid outside my house (I live in the USA) who was asking me if I knew where there was WiFi. It turns out he was new to the USA and had a cheap Android phone. From our conversation I realized that all of his communication was via FB. Like, he didn't use "email" or "phone" technologies--FB or bust. I actually let him use my WiFi to find his friends. I couldn't tell if he was on vacation or planning to stay...

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Re:Educated Germans avoid social media by codyb on Monday December 21, 2015 @09:38PM (#10775416)

When I moved to France for a semester I had to make a fb to keep in touch because I didn't have a phone. Until you get yourself established in places it's a very easy way to keep in contact with people and make new friends regardless of what you're used to in your home country.

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Re:Educated Germans avoid social media by lohengramm on Monday December 21, 2015 @08:49PM (#10775140)

I can add that in Brazil, there is a significant amount of people who can't even Google, however are active on Facebook and WhatsApp.

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Re:Educated Germans avoid social media by copperx on Monday December 21, 2015 @09:00PM (#10775216)

From what I can gather, it seems like the web will be soon a ghost town. Most people will flock to a handful of web properties.

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Re:Educated Germans avoid social media by oldmanjay on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @01:13AM (#10776163)

you aren't truly considering the scale of the Internet if you believe that

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