Grace DeGraaf

'I thought I was going to be someone': how Gen Z became a generation of rejects Whether it's LinkedIn or Tinder, Gen Zers are constantly being told "no." It's sending their anxiety and loneliness into overdrive.

for BI, @deliacai.bsky.social spoke with dozens of Gen Zers about how hearing constant 'no's has made the generation more cynical, resigned, and frustrated. More are coming to realize that getting by in life is just "a numbers game."
www.businessinsider.com/gen-z-most-r...

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Tech has made it easier to swipe through people, jobs, and schools, making the number of possibilities seem endless. But endless options can also mean an endless stream of rejections. That is bound to take a toll.

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How many jobs have turned you down?
How many times has a potential love interest rejected or ghosted you?
How many colleges told you 'no'?
The younger you are, the higher your rejection 'body count' probably is. For Gen Z, that rejection has shaped their entire lives. 👇

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Burn, baby, burn: why we need more people to start fires Forest fires are devastating America. I'm helping to start more of them.

Biweekly reminder that we need far more resources to respond to climate emergencies.
I worked with @thatsmohrlikeit.bsky.social on a piece about the severe shortage of firefighters and people trained to set fires that keep wildfires in check.
www.businessinsider.com/america-wild...

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Have We Learned Nothing? | David Klion There’s a pervasive censoriousness right now—conservatives denouncing liberals, liberals denouncing leftists, leftists denouncing other leftists—that’s immediately familiar from the days and w...

For @nplusonemag.bsky.social, I wrote about how we're living through the post-9/11 period all over again, in all the worst ways

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Graphic depicting a mass social media migration

Great news — social media is falling apart

www.businessinsider.com/social-media...

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Great news — social media is falling apart I don't know where to post; there are too many social media platforms, and the old giants are dying. But a fragmented internet could be better.

A fitting first post: @phonesoldier.bsky.social captures the weirdness of social media right now. "I have never before found myself in no man's land."

But Shubham is optimistic. As big platforms are replaced by smaller networks like Bluesky, we could see a better future for social media.

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