Internet culture keeps changing fast with the introduction
of new social media platforms and trends that it might get hard for people to
keep track of it.
If you’re an older millennial or an ‘adult’ that doesn’t
mean you can’t keep up with teens and have fun with different platforms, memes
or slang words or at least be aware of them. Knowing what teens are up to on
the internet is important for parents as well. So here’s a list of the latest internet
trends that you should know about right now.
Teens use ‘Finstas’ on Instagram for their closest friends
Instagram is a picture sharing platform where people
showcase an image of their ‘perfect lives’. If you have an Instagram account
you’re likely to come across people posting pictures of their shopping sprees,
dream vacations, luxe lifestyles and what not. Influencers on the platform
actually make a living out of this.
On the other hand, a ‘finsta’ is a fake Instagram account where
teens upload pictures of their ‘real lives’ and allow only specific people to
follow it. They use this account to post more ‘causal’, ‘unfiltered’ or ‘silly’
pictures and selfies that they would dread posting on their main or public
accounts. It might be difficult for you to find this account because teens
usually use a difficult and hard to find the username for it. If you’re a family
member, chances are you’ll never be allowed access to their private or more
personal ‘finsta’ account.
Teens post lip-sync videos on TikTok, a popular video sharing app
You might have heard about TikTok but do you have an idea about what it is about?
TikTok is a video sharing platform where teens post short
lip sync videos. They also participate in challenges where users post videos mimicking
a song or a video by bringing their own twist to it and others have to do the
same in order to get the most number of attention.
Like Instagram bloggers or YouTubers, some TikTok users have
paved their way to a ‘celebrity’ title on the platform and bagged huge sums of
cash through their videos.
Through twitch, teens can share their gaming sessions to viewers
Twitch was launched in 2011 as a live-broadcasting platform
where people could watch others play video games. It has gained a lot of popularity
over the years and hosts millions of users now. Even Twitch has its own group
of celebrities who post gaming sessions with other big names on the platform to
provide users with more engaging and enjoyable broadcasts.
Teens can hide their internet activity with apps
Teens have become smarter and found more ways to hide their
personal internet activity from their parents. For example, there’s an app
called ‘Best Secret Folder’ that’s free and can keep sensitive photos or media to
avoid any unwanted access, the icon of the app looks like an iOS folder and
will be easy to deceive anyone. If someone tries to get into the folder, the
app takes the picture of the ‘intruder’ which can be viewed later.
You can have an entire conversation with ‘memes’
Do you know what memes are, and even if you do, do you know
that you can have whole conversations with them? There are memes that lose
popularity quickly and others that last a long time.
Memes have been alive for quite some time now on Facebook, Instagram
and other platforms. Memes can be used to add a dash of humor to serious topics
from politics to your upbringing.
