Teens Really Suffer Notifaction Overload? They Really Like Reels? Huh.

Studies show that teens are getting hundreds of messages and notifications a day, and spend hours on TikTok and Instagram, and the top social media platforms used by teens (excluding YouTube and Snapchat which are not social media apps), are TikTok, and Instagram. We are told by the media that teens are ‘doom-scrolling’ and swiping for hours on Instagram and TikTok. Tech reviewers frame reviews around the core mobile applications. Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, and maybe X, if they are nice. Wow, the 120 HZ screen is great for scrolling, the camera is good enough for Instagram (like every phone has been since the iPhone 6S) Great front camera for TikTok. It doesn't make any sense. Are there not any better apps to use?

However, back to the notifications. How are teens getting hundreds of notifications a day? Hundreds!! And these are probably not just spam emails, smishing texts, or just junk notifications. No, these are notifications from people who ‘care’ about them Snap messages, Instagram messages, likes, and comments. This leads to a big question for me, as we embark on this series, how do they have that many people who care about them so much that they get texted every hour on the hour and have smartphones lost their original purpose? Of course, this is fuel for the parental control apps (which is malware), screentime limits, and anti-smartphone crowd.

            

Personally, I get minimal notifications from people. This, of course, doesn't count the spam emails I get or YouTube video alerts. But in terms of comments, messages, or emails, I may get about 5?? If we were to filter this by people my age, unless I’m on Reddit, the number is close to 0. It amazes me when I see teens texting and they get 100s of Snaps, 10s of Instagram comments and messages, and even TikTok has messaging features. I wonder what’s going on.

However, in relation to reviews, smartphone reviewers and teens alike are OBSESSED with scrolling on IG reels and TikTok. In fact, a major plot point of SSALTW.blogspot.com, coming in the near future is that, GCAM, will be on IG reels a lot which will have a notable impact on how Ethan Shay handles High School geopolitics. Nonetheless, I have been to IG and Snap reels and have hated TikTok from afar and the content there is….stupid. How could anyone enjoy hours of that??

Snapchat has the worst videos. Apart from scams, people getting memed into oblivion on those stupid text stories (SSA was proven right rizz can be used to fight) song, we have people who literally stand in a car and start directing traffic horns, people running around the mall with an obese girl, people handing out iPhones and Mac Books, and random girls dancing. Over on Instagram, it is ads, and random girls jumping and dancing, random people doing stuff and placing text over it. How could anyone have the most powerful computers in the world and enjoy this?? I fail to understand this. Tell me what are yall doing on phones and if you think phones have changed from their original purpose? Are phones stagnating? 

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