• StarryPhoenix97@lemmy.world
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    It allowed Gen z to connect and mobilize protests in a way that hadn’t ever been seen before. Sharing and continuing to share information that was relevant to movements after the media stopped paying attention. It had it’s problems, it had its uses.

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      It also allowed protestors to be tracked and spread misinformation in a way we had never seen. It was the problem.

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      Are there a lot of active gen z protestors relative to other generations near you? I’m on the younger end of millennials, and where I live I see way more people older than me at protests than people younger than me or close to my age. Maybe just a quirk of my city I guess.

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        Older millennial, and ditto. It’s mostly older, with a smattering of 30-somethings with their kids

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      Gen Z already had the internet. They could’ve shared shit at any time and hosted it as long as they wanted after the media attention without using TikTok.