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“I’m still addicted but I’m trying to be more reasonable”: when seniors become addicted to social networks

2024-03-17T16:06:18.310Z

Highlights: In five years, they have mastered the codes of Facebook, WhatsApp and TikTok. Brands are starting to ride this new craze. “My children tend to get annoyed today when they see me on my phone at the table or watching a movie, it’s the world turned upside down!, plague Édouard*. “I spend an hour on it, maybe two on certain days,” confides Ethel*, 63, who has seen her daily life disrupted since her retirement just a year ago.


INVESTIGATION - In five years, they have mastered the codes of Facebook, WhatsApp and TikTok. Brands are starting to ride this new craze.


My children tend to get annoyed today when they see me on my phone at the table or watching a movie, it’s the world turned upside down!

, plague Édouard*, 71 years old, former worker in the Rouen region.

I have become a little addicted to

social networks

but no more than my last grandson Timothy...

I keep myself informed, I share with my friends on Facebook, and sometimes, I get caught up in extracts from TV shows on the application”.

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“I spend an hour on it, maybe two on certain days,”

confides Ethel*, 63, who has seen her daily life disrupted since her retirement just a year ago.

At first, I found Instagram a bit futile and I simply looked at the photos of a few profiles that I followed to stay up to date

.

When I had a lot of free time, I started spending more time on the app, which started offering me

endless short videos...

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Source: lefigaro

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