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[–] [email protected] 56 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Why the fuck are kids on Meta services?

[–] [email protected] 56 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Instagram is still decently big among GenZ for still-photo content.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

We mostly use it for stories, memes (including reels) and DMs

Source: I'm 13

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And already part of the fediverse? Great!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yup.

I post a bit too much on my plasmatrap account lol (@[email protected])

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Gen z are mostly not children anymore. It's Gen Alpha

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago

No, Gen z covers people as young as 11 or 12, which is a good guess for "kids on Instagram"

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago

Because Meta/Tiktok/others don't effectively block them from their services, despite the illegality and knowing who is young and who isn't, due to the insane amount of data they collect.

A Facebook exec a while ago literally said that kids are the best demographic to get hooked on your platform.