We often take for granted how quickly things change. Phones went from being fully stationary, then mobile, with buttons to touch-screen devices over the course of two decades. The same can be said for internet culture, where the gap between digital natives and adopters is abundantly visible.
The “Old People Facebook” page, ironically, not on Facebook, is dedicated to sharing all the times the elderly tried to engage with social media, with hilarious and adorable results. So feel free to get comfortable and scroll through. Be sure to upvote your favorites and comment your own stories about social media fails.
#1 Catch Nancy At Your Local With The $15 Surf N Turf Tuesday Deal
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#2 Cheryl Seems To Be Having A Confusing Day
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#3 Kenny
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While these posts are whimsical and a bit unhinged, the baby boomers may be the last generation to be digitally inept. While the future elderly might not be on the cutting edge of technology, basic digital and technical literacy will be present from the first memories one has when growing up.
There are already companies working on technology to help older people stay connected, stay safe and keep in touch. Rehabilitative technology is becoming more commonplace, which comes with more skill to interact with devices, which, in turn, helps a person understand the difference between sending a DM and posting a comment. The technology that has been developed to help people recover from injuries is slowly being adapted for older people to use.
#4 2021 Is Going To Be
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#5 Fireworks
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#6 She Keeps Setting Her Profile Picture To “Temporary” And Just Resets It Every Day
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In comparison to digital natives, old people in 2023 have to be categorized as digital immigrants. The technology that we use daily, which you are also using to read this, came about later in their life. Researchers note that there is an “accent” between people who were born after the widespread adoption of the internet and people who have only started to explore it relatively recently.
#7 My Relative Is Very Flattered By Her Own Post From Four Years Ago
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#8 I’m Risking A Lawsuit By Posting This
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#9 Nancy Pelosi Hacked My Phone With Communism
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While we do describe the internet, social media, and other digital technologies as recent, which they are in the grand scheme of things, they have still been around for over two decades and at this point, many people have years of experience with them. One study conducted in Canada found that the majority of the cohort between the ages of 65-74 used the internet a few times a month over the last few years.
#10 Hmm.. That’s A Tough One
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#11 Does She Have 4 Different Pensions?
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#12 Found In A Work Related Group I’m In On Facebook
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It’s worth noting that among “digital natives,” internet use is not uniform at all. Millennials will use the internet more as a resource, for information, study, and professional purposes, while one study of Hong Kong youths found that, in contrast to the millennials, Gen Z prefers to socialize and consume content online, but has fewer “practical” uses for the internet. Unfortunately, the internet habits of Baby Boomers need more research.
#13 I Got An Ad For A Box Of Chocolates And Decided To Open The Comments
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#14 My Aunt’s Response To A Photo Of My Husband And Me Where I Jokongly Said We Are “Ready To Take On The Apocolypse”
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#15 I Think This Old Man Thought He Was Using Google
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Despite technology uses varying across cohorts and locations, most places do recognize that digital tech is here to stay. So the posts here may end up as a sort of relic of a bygone era, as educational institutions and workplaces worldwide see technology as absolutely necessary to work and study. As such, children are accessing the internet at a younger age and being taught how to use it and navigate in a digital world.
#16 Why Do They Think They Have To Answer These Questions?
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#17 The Radio Was On
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#18 Reviews From A Local Chuck E Cheese
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#19 I Have Never Been
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#20 Her Name Is Sharon
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#21 Wilma Is His Wife
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#22 My Grandma Keeps Adding New Frames To Her Profile Picture. She’s Up To Eight Frames Stacked On Top Of Each Other
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#23 Very Insightful Post From My Step Grandmother A Few Moments Ago
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#24 Wholesome Old People Facebook
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#25 They Think It’s Real
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#26 This Is Exactly What You Want To See From Your Parents. They’re Only 62 And 58…
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#27 My Grandma Is My Favorite Person On The Planet
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#28 My Great-Aunt Had A Question For Me Today On An Old Picture Of My Daughter…
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#29 Are We Going To Golden Corral
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#30 Grandma And Grandpa Doing What They Do
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#31 So Close
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#32 Wholesome Margaret
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#33 Grandma Sue Has Advice For Kim
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#34 My Mom Emailed Me A Photo Of An Emoji…
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#35 Sent This To My Dad A Couple Of Years Ago. Still Makes Me Laugh
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#36 That’s….. Not Quite How That Works
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#37 Dont Wsaste My Time
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#38 Lady Accidentally Tries To Sell Her Family
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#39 My Mom’s Cousin Was Doing Some Late-Night Searching
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#40 I Hate Yellow
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#41 Speecial Anouncement!
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#42 Stamach Mass
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#43 Spotted In A Frog Group. I Just Want Dumplin To Take A Dump..
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#44 Amendment 4
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#45 Meatloaf
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#46 Not Quite The Gif She Meant
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#47 Don’t Talk Back To John
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#48 I Love Ringo
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#49 Sorry If This Is Too Political
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#50 Order TV
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#51 Minivan For Sale
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#52 Something Insightful Grandma Posted
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#53 I Mean, She’s Not Wrong…
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#54 An Extreme Reaction
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#55 On An Ad For Doordash.
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#56 “Love This Stuff” 1 Star
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#57 Ladies And Gentlemen- My Nan.
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#58 My Dad Couldn’t Figure Out How To Take A Photo Of His Dog.
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#59 Potato Salad
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#60 For What
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#61 How Do You Turn Down The Volume?!
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#62 Who’s Coming?
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#63 Happy Birthday To Yo.. Wait, Oh.
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#64 Who’s Joe?
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#65 Craigslist Maybe?
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#66 She’s Been Hacked.
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#67 My Grandma Honest And Straight To The Point
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#68 Flats, Drums, Or Funerals?
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#69 Not Competent Bartender. Paul Was Told This.
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#70 I Am A Grown Man With No Interest In This Troll Foolishness. 1 Star
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#71 Sprote Bag
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#72 ???
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#73 Sign Up For Lasagna
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#74 Thanks Dad.
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#75 85+ Relative To My Missus Posted This Gem To His Story Today… Twice.
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#76 Posted On My Sister’s Wall- I’m The One With The Dog.
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#77 Harry Potter And The Creepy Grandpa
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#78 Cute Misunderstanding
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#79 My Grandma’s Savage Comment ?
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#80 My Grandmother Is A Hoot.
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#81 My Father-In-Law Texts Me Pictures Of Facebook Memes On His Laptop, That He Took With His Cellphone
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#82 Lesbian Alert
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#83 Not Facebook, But I Found An Old Screenshot From The First Time My Grandma Messaged Me. I Love Her
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#84 Chad
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#85 Not A Care In The World
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#86 I Wonder If She Ever Answered?
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#87 Rip Sherry
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#88 They’re Becoming Self-Aware, Ole Buddy
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#89 His Profile Picture Is Him And His Wife Being Cute
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#90 No Comment Sorry
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#91 Very
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#92 It’s Better Than Three
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#93 I Dont Like Miata’s
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#94 I Want To Be Deleted From This Site
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#95 Visiting Grandma, This Is How She “Gets To Hulu”… On Netflix
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#96 A Family Member’s Profile Picture
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#97 I Know Who Has Done This
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#98 My Sister Sent A Picture Of Her Nursing License After Passing The Exam A Few Weeks Ago. Mom Is In Her 60s And Still Struggles With Snapchat
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#99 Found One!
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#100 I’m Sorry What Now
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#101 The Post. The Comment From Grandma
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#102 No Greens For Me
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#103 Did You Draw Him
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#104 Power Bottom
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#105 Happy Mother’s Day
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#106 My Granny Died A Year And A Half Ago. I’m So Happy She Had A Facebook So I Can Look Back Fondly At Her Photo Albums. Here’s My Favorite
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#107 Carol Has Spotted A Thief
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#108 It’s Free
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#109 Yikes
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#110 What Does It Mean?!
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#111 The Aliens Beamed Her Up Before She Could Finish ?
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#112 Giving My Grandma Twitter Wasn’t Such A Good Idea
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#113 Don’t Think My Uncle Has Quite Figured It Out Yet
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#114 I Will Sue This Company
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#115 A Very Straightforward And Helpful Review
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#116 What A Celebration (?)
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#117 These Facebook Backgrounds Strike Again!
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#118 Do I Look Pretty, Walmart?
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#119 I’m
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#120 I Wouldn’t Count On It
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#121 Choosing A Background For Your Post Can Be Difficult
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#122 An Amazon Review
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#123 Wholesome
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#124 My Mother, Everyone!
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#125 Dtf – “Down Town Familiar”
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#126 Happy Heavenly Birthday!
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#127 Sandra Does Not Care For These Feathered Fools
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#128 My Mum’s Use Of Emojis
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#129 Capital Numbers
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#130 At Least It Makes The Shopping Easier I Guess?
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#131 Something To Celebrate
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