Social media is on the decline. Instagram is all ads. No one's posting on BeReal. TikTok is for influencers. The new place for sharing: group chats.

It’s not just you — no one is posting on social media anymore::Social media is on the decline. Instagram is all ads. No one’s posting on BeReal. TikTok is for influencers. The new place for sharing: group chats.

  • MonkderZweite@feddit.chEnglish
    673·
    10 months ago

    Translation: more and more people overcome their social media addiction and adapt a healthy usage pattern.

    • jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      54·
      10 months ago

      That’s not really what the article says though. Sounds like people are just doomscrolling curated content instead of creating content themselves.

      • eee@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        That also means less interesting content in general, which leads to a decrease in doomscrollers

        • jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          10 months ago

          I dunno. According to the article, “While sharing has tailed off, consuming content hasn’t slowed”. I didn’t read the link that sentence hyperlinked to since it was behind a paywall.