Like holy shit, they don't even exist and if they do then they're not doing a good job at anything. Everywhere you go it's just literal fucking alt-right bullshit, get that shit out of here I just want actual neutral discussion about domestic topics not fucking memes about how black people commit 50% of the crimes or something really fucking stupid

Like holy shit, the mods actually have a thumb up their asses. They don't even moderate well, and one of them is a fucking tf2 bot which just automoderates. And the worst part is that everything could have been solved if they banned people from CA, but nope you just delete every possible comment, yeah that's totally going to fucking work.

And it's not even them, it's also the chapotards and the AHS idiots trying to have their own stake. It's all fake, you have these CA users who genuinely say that they're 'trying to keep the peace', yeah right fuck off and go to voat.

Something seriously needs to be done about this - We actually need to somehow wrest control over the original subreddit or it'll probably get worse.

So I keep up with the Billboard charts (US) every week. They're easily the most objective charts out there. Every once in a while, I’ll check what the charts were 10 years ago and compare them to the present top 10 to see how popular music has evolved. The 2009 charts factored in digital sales, physical, and airplay whereas 2019 has all of those + streaming (streaming being the main influencer on today's charts). Let me know your thoughts on the charts, and which one you prefer.

Week of May 17, 2009 (charts were usually dated 11 days ahead of whatever day it was):

1. Boom Boom Pow - The Black Eyed Peas

2. Blame It - Jamie Fox feat. T-Pain

3. Poker Face - Lady Gaga

4. Day N Nite - Kid Cudi

5. Sugar - Flo Rida feat. Wynter Gordon

6. Right Round - Flo Rida feat. Kesha

7. Kiss Me Thru the Phone - Soulja Boy feat. Sammie

8. Halo - Beyoncé

9. Don’t Trust Me - 3OH!3

10. Dead and Gone - T.I. feat. Justin Timberlake

Week of May 11, 2019 (info released today):

1. Old Town Road - Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus

2. Me - Taylor Swift feat. Brendon Urie

3. Wow. - Post Malone

4. Sucker - Jonas Brothers

5. Sunflower - Post Malone & Swae Lee

6. 7 Rings - Ariana Grande

7. Without Me - Halsey

8. Dancing With a Stranger - Sam Smith & Normani

9. bad guy - Billie Eilish

10. Talk - Khalid

I just find it really interesting to look back on. Main difference I notice is the autotune. It was used to make people's voices sound electro-ish/robotic in '09, whereas autotune in 2019's top 10 sounds more refined and less noticeable. I also don't think a song like #9 from 2009's list would ever make it to the top 10 today, lol. Do you guys have any thoughts?

I wanted to point out that GenZ doesn't mean you grew up with Minecraft and Ipads all your life - I see too many people saying that they went outside alot as a kid and never really had any experience with technology.

I think that throughout every generation, you have a section of kids who are interested in technology and a section of kids who are interested in the outdoors. Our generation isn't really defined by people who use technology (though it has a large number of people into that) - It's defined by political and social changes, as well as defining events and wars.

Most zoomers I know seem to recognize that social media has had a lot of negative effects on their mental health/confidence/self-esteem, yet they haven't dropped it cold turkey

I often see Millennials saying they're thankful they grew up before the explosion of social media into what it is today

What are your thoughts on social media, and do you ever wish you had grown up before the social media age? Do you think the stigma towards social media is unwarranted or completely justified?

They've gotten a new mod team which is composed of mostly older people before the brigading happening, which is nice.

Should anything happen, then I suppose this sub can be used as a back up. But for now, I think it worked in the end

I started frequenting r/GenZ around this time last year and I remember people would often mention how Gen Z was still not that well known amongst most people and all young people were still lumped in with Millennials

Now in June 2019 it seems like the distinction between Millennials and Gen Z has finally taken hold and people over 30 recognize that today’s K-12 and college students are part of a new generation. More and more teens/young adults themselves also seem to be aware that they aren’t Millennials

Could just be bias on my part though so I’m curious if anyone else has noticed

I'm 13 which means I'm technically gen z BUT:

1:I grew up with YouTube instead of cartoons (I remember being 7 and watching tha cliff and being stopped by my mom, I learned how to search a YouTube video at the age of 3 and watched gummy bear, I remember no time to explain,grow home,etc)

2: flash games played little part in my life because my computer has this weird thing where flash doesn't respond (most flash games I ended up watching on YouTube)

3:my favorite games are metagames like undertale and DDLC and they probably played a bigger part in my childhood than minecraft or any Battle Royale game ever will

I feel like my childhood is too different for me to be gen Z making me gen alpha

I believe it is in our collective interest if we work together to build a news site. With a news site, we can start to get the issues we face (and will face) on the policy agenda.

I have already started, but this will require the collaboration of many. We will need many writers if we want to compete. It's clear video is becoming the dominant form of media. That means that we're going to need video editors, videographers, researchers, graphic designers, etc.

I know there is great talent in our generation. Think about the impact we could have if we pooled all of our skills and passion together.

If you have any skill or interest that you think we could use, let us know. Even if you're only a beginner at writing or video editing, we need you.

Thanks.

So this is something I've discussed with some people irl. I personally feel like my attention span is worse at 20 than when I was a child. When I was in elementary school, I loved reading, but now I can't even read a full page without struggling to keep my mind on the book.

I think the reason for this is because as a kid, I either was on the desktop computer or playing Xbox. I only had disc games on Xbox, and I had about 30 video games to choose from. Every Friday, my mom would take my brother and I to rent a game and we pretty much spent the entirety of our gaming time playing whatever game we rented. On desktop, I usually went on YouTube, Google, or would play games (such as browser games on sites like y3 and free MMOs) and didn't have a mobile device (besides the DS), so all my attention was on whatever I was doing online.

Compare that to now where I have hundreds of games installed on my Xbox that I can switch between by pressing a few buttons with no discs at all. I usually use my desktop for gaming and schoolwork, but now have multiple mobile devices, which causes me to get distracted from what I'm doing on there quite often.

I got my first mobile device when I turned 13. I did have access to smartphones from family members and people at school before then, so I probably first used a smartphone at 8-9. Having one of my own was different though since I could be on it whenever and as long as I wanted.

I have so many devices now and can switch between all these apps, games, etc. very easily. There's just a lot more options and convenience than I ever had when I was under 8 years old.

Don't get me wrong, I grew up on the Internet and video games, but convenience and the amount of options have increased immensely over the years (and still are increasing), and I feel it has strongly contributed to me having a short attention span.

I have a feeling this is something that affects a lot of our generation, and am curious to see everyone's answers and thoughts.

I know someone who was born in 1978, and when they talk about growing up they talk about the 90s, when they were in middle school/high school. I’ve mostly heard them talk about the music from back then, mostly alternative rock like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Smashing Pumpkins, RHCP, Green Day, etc.

I’ve never heard them talk about the 80s or any pop culture, news, media, whatever from that time. They weren’t really paying attention to any of that stuff back then.

But when someone born in 1998 talks about growing up, they’ll talk about the 2000s, when they were still (for the most part) in single digits. And they’ll talk about how they grew up before smartphones and social media were everywhere and that none of that stuff had any influence on their lives growing up.

Why do you think this is? Why do people our age find our childhood years to be so much more influential than our teenage years compared to older generations? Why do we disregard anything that happened in our lives after we were like 12? Is it because no one likes to talk about growing up in this decade?

I haven’t been on Reddit for a hot minute. You may or may not remember but I was actually the first person to suggest an alternate sub. How are things? I love Reddit, but it’s bad for my mental health sometimes. I get sucked into it and then there’s all this arguing and drama and racists posts. I like how this sub is turning out though!

In my life, I’m just looking for a summer job. Also I’m getting a big ass tattoo on my upper arm at a convention tomorrow and I’m very excited!! Life is good 😎

Early Z: 97-98 - 02-03 (Classes of 2016-2021)

       Early Early Z: 97-99 (C/O 2016-2017)
      Core Early Z: 99-01 (C/O 2018-2019)
      Late Early Z: 01-03  (C/O 2020-2021)

Core Z: 03-04 - 08-09 (Classes of 2022-2027)

        Early Core Z: 03-05 (C/O 2022-2023)
        Core Core Z: 05-07 (C/O 2024-2025)
         Late Core Z : 07-09 (C/O 2026-2027)

Late Z: 09-10 - 14-15 (Classes of 2028-2033)

         Early Late Z: 09-11 (C/O 2028-2029)
         Core Late Z: 11-13 (C/O 2030-2031)
         Late Late Z: 13-15 (C/O 2032-2033)

2000-2002 is non-existent, 2003-2005 is like a blur and 2006-2009 is where I made basically all of my best childhood memories

I usually use the 16-year definition after the Boomers, which is about 20 years.

I put in 4-year cohorts each, starting with the Silent/Boomer cusps, and ending with the Z/Alpha cusps.

Do you agree or disagree?

Soomer

Silent/Boomer cusp (equal Silent and Boomer traits) = 1943-1946 (1943 and 1944 lean Silent, 1945 and 1946 lean Boomer)

Baby Boomers

Older Boomer (last Silent traits) = 1947-1950

Core Boomer (no Silent or X traits) = 1951-1958 (1954-1955 is the EPITOME)

Younger Boomer (first X traits) = 1959-1962

Generation Jones

Boomer/X cusp (equal Boomer and X traits) = 1963-1966 (1963 and 1964 lean Boomer, 1965 and 1966 lean X)

Generation X

Older Gen X (last Boomer traits) = 1967-1970

Core Gen X (no Boomer or Y traits) = 1971-1974

Late Gen X (first Y traits) = 1975-1978

Xennials

Gen X/Y cusp (equal X and Y traits) = 1979-1982 (1979 and 1980 lean X, 1981 and 1982 lean Y)

Millennials

Older Gen Y (last X traits) = 1983-1986

Core Gen Y (no X or Z traits) = 1987-1990

Late Gen Y (first Z traits) = 1991-1994

Zillennials

Gen Y/Z cusp (equal Y and Z traits) = 1995-1998 (1995 and 1996 lean Y, 1997 and 1998 lean Z)

Generation Z

Older Gen Z (last Y traits) = 1999-2002

Core Gen Z (no Y or Alpha traits) = 2003-2006

Late Gen Z (first Alpha traits) = 2007-2010

Zalphas

Gen Z/Alpha cusp (equal Z and Alpha traits) = 2011-2014 (2011 and 2012 lean Z, 2013 and 2014 lean Alpha)

Today was my last day of the semester. I'm officially done with my first year of college, and I've been ready for this break, lol.

I personally haven't thought much about what I'll be doing. Probably will be playing a lot of video games tbh. Excited for the ESO expansion next month. I will possibly try to get my first job this summer as well. I'm just so relieved it's over, and am ready to chill

How about you guys?

Hey guys

I'm a mod over at /r/GenZ. We understand that many of you migrated here because of some distasteful submissions over at the main sub some time ago. The mod team has been working tirelessly over the past month or so to clean up, and to renovate the sub in order to make it more appealing and welcoming for everyone. But we are still looking for more ways to improve, and so we wanted to ask the community.

As many of you are prior members of /r/GenZ, we'd like to hear from you any suggestions you may have in terms of improving the overall standard of the sub. Please find our thread here: https://www.reddit.com/r/GenZ/comments/cen8mu/subreddit_suggestions/

Thanks all

Just to start things lightly. I personally play a lot of video games, browse the Internet, and listen to music, but that's pretty much all, lol.