I am not sure this is age related, it may be down to the internet as a whole. Things like reddit/YouTube etc did not exist 10 years ago and really have come alive in the past 2-3 years. Itβs so easy to churn through content mindlessly these days.
> Things like reddit/YouTube etc did not exist 10 years ago
Remarkable :-)
It's fascinating how people think of the age of things.
Quite a few people think of Python as recent. It's hip, it's popular. But it's 29 years old. 29!
Go and Rust feel shiny and new. Talk about them feels recent, like they came out just a few years ago. They're like "challenger" languages. Yet, both are 9 years old. Aging challengers.
I bet Hackernews feels older than Reddit. Am I right?
But Reddit is the older brother. HN is a miniscule 12 this year, compared to Reddit's creaking 14.
Did YouTube and Reddit exist 10 years ago?
Yup! YouTube is 14 as well.
So when did they become wildly popular? When did all the mindless content arrive?
I'm not sure about Reddit. But some argue YouTube went viral, entering its exponential growth phase, 12 years ago. Commercially, they had already achieved their VC "exit", selling to Google for $1.65B, 13 years ago.
