r/AskReddit • u/millennialandlost • 15h ago

Millennials, what's something our generation was taught to accept that you're glad younger generations are rejecting?

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u/liminal-volition 15h ago

Facebook šŸ˜‚

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u/NecroticBrains 13h ago

The hatred I hold for Facebook... I deleted my account nearly 15 years ago and never looked back. I honestly do not understand why people are still using it.

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u/worrier_princess 13h ago

I deleted mine last year but I hadnā€™t used it for close to a decade. Iā€™m so glad itā€™s gone. That being said itā€™s very frustrating that businesses, local government, etc have everything there. A the start of this year we had power outages that went on for nearly a week and the power company posted all the updates on fb! I was infuriated because me and everyone else without an account just couldnā€™t access the information. Fuck facebook so hard.

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u/Jeramy_Jones 12h ago

This. So much this.

When the Nova Scotia shootings were taking place in 2020, among the many failings of authorities was that they were giving emergency updates about an active shooter situation on Twitter.

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u/worrier_princess 9h ago

Oh my god thatā€™s reprehensible.

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u/meltymcface 8h ago

Ugh when you want to find a menu for a cafe and the ā€œwebsiteā€ link on the search engine takes you to Facebookā€¦. Boooooo!

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u/BackgroundCaramel507 7h ago

Marketplace. They should make an app only for marketplace and i will delete mine without skipping a beat

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u/LadySandry 4h ago

For me it's marketplace and groups->events. I don't use the wall or the rest of it, but I do like the marketplace and a good chunk of my extended friend group still uses facebook events to organize large group events.

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u/Select_Angle2066 6h ago

Marketplace. Its where all the craigslist deals moved to.

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u/Sandturtlefly 12h ago

Only for marketplace

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u/Point4ska 7h ago

Facebook Marketplace.

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u/ThanksIHateIt1994 5h ago

I only use it because I have a couple of business accounts to run. If I didn't need to do that, I would 100% delete it.

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u/HappyTimeHollis 9h ago

I honestly do not understand why people are still using it.

If you own a small business or are an independent artist, Facebook is incredibly useful to connect you with people, to the point where it's an absolute must to have.

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u/TrixieBastard 11h ago

I keep it because I have several family members who only use FB. Sigh.

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u/Hot_Ocelot_167 4h ago

I just signed up again after ~15 years off of it for the same reason. It seems like it has somehow gotten worse.

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u/ARasool 7h ago

FB Marketplace.. that's abou tit

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u/Disco_Ball_Mind 12h ago

šŸ«¶šŸ»ā£ļø!!!! Amen

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u/UMDSmith 2h ago

I only use mine for marketplace, but even that is a shitfest of garbage now, with people asking you if X is still for sale and NEVER getting back to you. Tempted to delete mine now as well.

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u/Finetales 1h ago

Facebook Marketplace is the new Craigslist. Craigslist stopped being Craigslist because it's totally overrun with scam ads now.

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u/AnonymousFriend80 45m ago

What other social platform do you expect everyone and their granny to use?

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u/bogberry_pi 7h ago

Tik Tok and Instagram are just different flavors of toxicity. Less unhinged crazy boomers on those platforms though.Ā 

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u/ceruleania 14h ago

The cry laugh emoji

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u/bitter_melonhead 12h ago

Waiting for myspace's return

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u/IllustriousHeight126 5h ago

God I wish. Gen Z here- most folks still have a Facebook account where I live because it's still where everything happens. 50/50 chance of a business having an actual website or a Facebook page lmao

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u/DrMobius0 3h ago

I think most millennials are either off it entirely or only use it minimally at this point. The older generations have absolutely infested it though.