I had listened to Taylor Lorenz as a guest on a couple of podcasts, and her commentary about social media was so insightful that I decided to pick up her book.
It was mostly about the history of social media, and how we all became so online. Much of it was not new information as someone who was an adult before the Internet became a thing, has blogged, and been on social media for over a decade. A few things were new to me and fascinating - I believe I missed some age cutoff for the heyday of the MySpace era. And other parts felt mind-numbing - like the endless parade of YouTube influencers I could not keep straight.
I would have liked more of her informed thoughts on how being extremely online is changing our lives. But, if you don’t know much about the origins of blogs, MySpace, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat, the list goes on… It could be a very informative read!