Episode 17: Social Media in Midlife

Is social media bringing you joy, or is it slowly ruining you? In this episode we dissect and share the data from our latest anonymous survey, revealing how middle-aged people really feel about their relationship with social apps.In this episode, we discuss:The 2009 Flashbacks: Remembering the cringey days of text-only status updates.The Vulnerability Traps: How algorithms map your scrolling speed and typing velocity to serve high-emotion content when your defenses are lowest.The Validation Shift: Why our relationship with posting changes in midlife, and the rise of following strangers over real-life friends.The Breakup Dilemma: The struggle to set boundaries and why so many of us are constantly thinking about quitting for good.  #MidlifeConfidential #SocialMediaInMidlife #DoomScrolling #TheAlgorithmIsWatching #MiddleAgedProblems #BehindTheCurtain