“It’s the same reason that Boomers can’t leave Facebook.”

“The people who are stranded on social media platforms shouldn’t be mistaken for uncool, aging technophobes. They’re not stubborn, they’re stranded. Like the elders who can’t afford to leave a dying town after the factory shuts down and the young people move away, these people are locked in. They need help evacuating – a place to go and a path to get there.”

  • Dr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.org
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    3 months ago

    They aren’t “stranded”, they’re addicted to or rather emotionally reliant on these platforms. It is a choice, you can pull the plug. There’s a world out there.