Jan Wildeboer 😷Dec 28

You might not notice it in your peer group, when you are not their age, but my daughter showed me that many 20-30yr olds are switching to dumb phones, are cancelling their Facebook/tiktok/twitter accounts and are discovering libraries and printed books. As a conscious decision. Not all of them, but quite a lot and it's growing.

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Show threadCubeOfCheeseDec 28

@jwildeboer 👋I'm one of em. I used to think I was alone in this until I started seeing articles and YouTube videos about Gen z sober Gen z dumb phones. And I was like hey wait that's me.

I have a smartphone still but with a simple android launcher and solid color background. I used to have my phone in black and white.
Mastodon is the only sm I have on my phone.
I asked for a Polaroid for Christmas.

Show threadShawn Hooper (he/him) 🇨🇦Dec 29
@cubeofcheese @jwildeboer Curious follow up - how do you choose to communicate with your friends? SMS? Group chat? Phone calls?
Show threadCubeOfCheese
@shawnhooper @jwildeboer mostly text.
Phone calls are usually logistical, not social. Like "hey I'm here where are you"
Very few group chats that are usually very small like 3 total for a friend group
Dec 29 at 4:45amWeb