A Teenager’s View on Social Media

Re:A Teenager’s View on Social Media by sp332 on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @02:42PM (#8852782)

Posting, liking, and commenting are pretty much the only means of interaction on Facebook. (Besides messages, but that's a different thing.) And since there's no "dislike" button, if you get no likes, then you don't know if people really hated it, or thought you were weird for posting it. Removing it is the easiest way to make sure you're not alienating your friends.

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Re:A Teenager’s View on Social Media by res0nat0r on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @02:53PM (#8852856)

I think this type of thinking and the Facebook comments show a larger problem with teens, in that people are posting crap on Facebook more for external validation from everyone to tell themselves they are cool/funny/popular/in the know etc.

I'm 35 and don't post what I'm doing or showing off who I'm with every 30 minutes, and if I occasionally post something and no one comments on it, I don't care and I sure don't delete it out of some kind of embarrassment.

Going to concerts now or looking around in bars everyone is more concerned with telling everyone electronically how cool they are more than anything else and this is the real problem.

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Re:A Teenager’s View on Social Media by sp332 on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @03:04PM (#8852923)

Great, another over-30 holding forth on what the "real problem" with teens is. It's really not that different from how people act in person. If you say something in a group conversation and get no reaction, maybe change the subject.

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Re:A Teenager’s View on Social Media by msandford on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @03:22PM (#8853039)

Yes change the subject. That's "leaving the post up"

If instead you immediately demand that everyone forget that you ever mentioned an uncool or not intensely popular thing, that seems more in line with "deleting the comment"

Of course, I'm over 30 so what do I know?

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Re:A Teenager’s View on Social Media by sp332 on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @03:27PM (#8853073)

You don't have to make demands, people naturally forget little things said in conversations. Facebook remembers verbatim, in a searchable format. It even pushes your post into other people's "timelines" so you don't know who sees it or when. It's no wonder people get skittish, when Facebook gives them so little control over their content.

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Re:A Teenager’s View on Social Media by squeaky-clean on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @04:28PM (#8853424)

No it's not. That's bringing even attention to it. You example is more similar to deleting an unliked post, and then posting "Everyone please forget my last post. Just pretend it never happened."

Deleting a post from Facebook/Instagram/etc doesn't delete it from the memory of the people who did see it. It just prevents more people from seeing it, or those people from seeing it again. So it's almost exactly like making an unpopular statement in conversation, and then abruptly changing the subject.

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Re:A Teenager’s View on Social Media by res0nat0r on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @03:12PM (#8852968)

Great, but I'm not so embarrassed and afraid of what others think that I need to remove it from the world less I become embarrassed (and thus less cool).

Young people now are way too concerned at impressing others and that is nothing new, but now they are able to do it 24/7 and it is an issue. They are not living their lives but have their phones shoved in their face every second vs actually interacting with others.

I am enjoying a few resturants etc enforcing a no phone policy, I wish it would become more prevalent in places where you are supposed to socially interact, with actual, real people in front of you.

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Re:A Teenager’s View on Social Media by z3t4 on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @02:53PM (#8852855)

Kinda exactly like HN works, very addictive!

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