A third of Millennials say that they are quitting conventional
social media, especially Facebook and Twitter (that is, those media that act as
publishing forums – they kept Snapchat, which I don’t use), UK story. Medium weighs in on this more deeply. There is a real trend with those born (or maybe conceived) in 1994 or later (23 or younger).
I am the reverse.
I like using social media as a passive publishing forum, and keeping
some of my social relationships off line (maybe about 50-50). Not everyone needs to be a friend or follower
on my Facebook or Twitter accounts. I
haven’t gotten into Instagram much – time. And I don't need to have Facebook pimp me to send birthday greetings or run "other people's" fundraisers.
There’s another problem – so many people don’t trust
even “reputable” “mainstream” media outlets, even with conventional fact
checking and more rigorous publication processes.
There is a problem – when to become receptive to the
outside world outside your own bubble or tribe or extended family --- when it
can really affect you.
You can invert that idea and understand how the
doomsday prepper thinks – self-sufficiency (within the family unit) is a
mandatory virtue, which helps feed the Second Amendment debate.
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