No they don't, that's old news. 28 year olds chasing validation use Instagram. It's on its way out too. Real young people use discord, Snapchat and tiktok.

Nah they def use Instagram, but more as a landing page, Its not cool to post a lot, people in their 20s will have their old posts,rarely posting new ones, but with updated stories.. Teens will have 1 or ZERO actual posts(much cooler), and sparingly use stories, and the stories collections/archive on display above posts are the 'new' way to post. Hardly know any teen or 20 something that uses snapchat as tiktok replaced it years and years ago

The point still stands, though. Tiktok tracks just as much user data as facebook does.

What we should be doing is use non-commerical, decentralised, people-centric social networks that aren't looking for every opportunity to monetise everything.

True except for Snapchat, it was never popular here in Asia. Instead of snapchat, zoomers here use FB Messenger, often under a throwaway FB account. It is the same for their tiktoks, also using a throwaway account/anonymous. A stark contrast from millennials/boomers who use their nickname or even their real name on their social medias