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That is patently false. Im 20 and everyone I knew in high school had an IG account. In college now it’s a coin toss between IG and Snapchat.

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Huh, I’d somehow ended up with the belief that it’d gotten less popular with younger folks

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It got less popular as an image sharing tool. Some people (myself included) used it for photography still but most people used it as social media and for texting. A lot of people I knew had Instagram accounts with 0 posts but extensive stories and who were part of huge group chats.

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Ha, ok. I don’t use IG much; I follow a few animal-related accounts and use it pretty randomly. My running joke is that the influencers I follow are all raccoons.

I wasn’t even aware it has a messaging feature before a friend of mine said something like “hey I sent you a message about XYZ on Instagram, didn’t you notice?” and I was like “…Instagram has messaging?” 😅

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Not to be an ass, but youre 20 so you arent one of “The Kids” anymore lmao. Youre an adult now. I think your point definitely still stands though. Im only slightly older than you and when I was in highschool virtually everyone had IG, Snapchat and Twitter. I dont talk to anyone in the highschool age bracket but I think they probably still use IG/Snap/Twitter (or X if you prefer).

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I said I’m 20 because it’s been only 2 years since I experienced that. My brother who is 17 has an instagram.

p.s., saying “not to be an ass” doesn’t suddenly make anything following that not sound like you being an ass.

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Being 20, I’d assume they have friends who are younger than them, and therefore are well and truly in touch with what “the kids” are doing.

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