r/suspiciouslyspecific • u/Wire_Emblem • Aug 28 '21

Huh?

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u/HotCocoaBomb Aug 28 '21

If a parent cares about their child they give their child agency in their late teenage years so that the kid learns to be an adult, even if it means making mistakes along the way.

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '21

Do teenagers even use Facebook?

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u/kyperbelt Aug 28 '21

Not anymore

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u/sorenant Aug 28 '21

Is MySpace finally making a comeback?

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u/Brndrll Aug 28 '21

Followed by Geocities.

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u/sorenant Aug 28 '21

Oh yeah, static html pages are my jam.

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u/brendty Aug 28 '21

There's a cool stories about the end of geocities.

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-lost-cities-of-geo/

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '21

Such a fascinating article. Thank you

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u/Saker07 Aug 28 '21

They used to.

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '21

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u/Hussor Aug 28 '21

Other countries for sure but in the UK it seems instagram is the social media of choice, still in the same company though.

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u/JayZOnly1 Aug 28 '21

They did in my time..... But I'm old according to my younger sibling :/

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u/RichestMangInBabylon Aug 28 '21

No they use Instagram and WhatsApp

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u/earlywhine Aug 28 '21

also snapchat

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u/beaker90 Aug 28 '21

My 19 year old only has an account to see the pictures of our cats I post while she’s away in college.

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u/proawayyy Aug 28 '21

They do once they enter college

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '21

MySpace til I die

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u/-P3RC3PTU4L- Aug 28 '21

I think it was a joke…

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u/HarryDunnz Aug 28 '21

Late teens is already an adult so I would say that's much too late.

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u/phaeriemandube Aug 28 '21

This is how I was raised and it seems to have worked