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Gen Z & Millennials Are Signing on to Social Media For Different Reasons

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What are the biggest reasons young people get on social media? We asked and found big differences between Gen Z and Millennials’ social media usage… TL;DR: Gen Z and Millennials have grown up in different eras of social media, making their expectations for platforms very different  Gen Z is far more likely than Millennials to get on social media mainly for entertaining content They’re also more likely to follow accounts and individuals that will serve up that entertainment YPulse’s recent Social Media Behavioral report found that Millennials are much more likely than Gen Z to remember a time before social...

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