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Then why haven't they?

Why is Instagram full of boomer normie slop?

You can say youtube is close, but Shorts aren't their prime source of income.



Instagram is full of boomer normies because Instagram is full of boomer normies.

Tiktok may have an interesting algorithm but it certainly has a different crowd and culture of what to post than other platforms.


I've heard it like this:

FB: Boomer, Gen-X, Older Millenial -- sharing stuff with friends and family.

Insta: Millenial and Gen-Z -- visual story telling.

TikTok: Gen-Z -- entertainment.

I'm from the BBS days, and I use FB for the Groups. Insta/Tiktok don't really have groups.




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