It will come as a surprise to absolutely no one that like many people possessed of a smartphone, I spend hours on it most evenings scrolling while pretending to watch TV. But it isn’t Instagram that’s got me, nor TikTok. It’s Facebook.
Yes Gen Z, Facebook may seem as ancient as water, a social media platform that only dinosaurs join for niche chat groups like I Hate Mayonnaise. But it has its uses, specifically remembering birthdays (admittedly of people I used to know and am no longer in touch with), and increasingly gawping at other people’s tat.
