So were the classes of '09-13 in a way. They all experienced high school with pre- ubiquitous social media and pre-smartphone.


Hmm, I'm not so sure about that. Smartphones really took off in 2010, and by the following year, any young person who didn't already have one was thoroughly behind the times.

As for social media, I'm C/O 2009 and Facebook was already pretty well-established among high schoolers during my senior year, although the novelty was definitely still there. That was back when people would post "status updates" and kids' parents hadn't discovered the platform yet. Twitter was also around then and quickly gaining in popularity, although I'd say that it didn't truly begin to take off until mid 2010.

I think 00s teendom was much cooler for those who experienced most or all it during the early part of the decade. I wish that I had the high school experience of 85ers because theirs was all Y2K and early 00s (1999-2003).


To be honest, I really like the years that I was a teenager. My high school years were 2001 to 2005, and I think it was really cool to see the transition from dial-up to broadband, brick phones to flip phones, Web 1.0 to Web 2.0, SD to HD, and pre social media to post social media. People will look back on the '00s as a time of massive technological change, and that was a cool thing to be a part of.

To be honest, I really like the years that I was a teenager. My high school years were 2001 to 2005, and I think it was really cool to see the transition from dial-up to broadband, brick phones to flip phones, Web 1.0 to Web 2.0, SD to HD, and pre social media to post social media. People will look back on the '00s as a time of massive technological change, and that was a cool thing to be a part of.

My high school years were 2004 to 2008 and it was fun seeing technology change. We were on MySpace and we had flip phones but i don't remember seeing anyone with smartphones during my senior year.

To be honest, I really like the years that I was a teenager. My high school years were 2001 to 2005, and I think it was really cool to see the transition from dial-up to broadband, brick phones to flip phones, Web 1.0 to Web 2.0, SD to HD, and pre social media to post social media. People will look back on the '00s as a time of massive technological change, and that was a cool thing to be a part of.

That period in the first half of the 2000s was truly changeful and technologically transformational.

My high school years were 2004 to 2008 and it was fun seeing technology change. We were on MySpace and we had flip phones but i don't remember seeing anyone with smartphones during my senior year.


Yeah, smartphones would've been well outside the budget of most teenagers during 2008. The iPhone had only been around for about a year and was still quite extensive. Honestly, it wasn't until my last year of college during 2009 that I started to see more students with smartphones, so it was probably even later than that for high schoolers.

Hmm, I'm not so sure about that. Smartphones really took off in 2010, and by the following year, any young person who didn't already have one was thoroughly behind the times.

As for social media, I'm C/O 2009 and Facebook was already pretty well-established among high schoolers during my senior year, although the novelty was definitely still there. That was back when people would post "status updates" and kids' parents hadn't discovered the platform yet. Twitter was also around then and quickly gaining in popularity, although I'd say that it didn't truly begin to take off until mid-2010.
Yeah, I agree that smartphones took off in 2010; however, they were different and weren't as common then compared to now. Plus, they were still expensive, and the phones didn't even have 4G coverage! Oh, and people still had these phones as well. I mean, look how they looked back then.

https://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2014/03/topic_iphone_4.png?itok=_s4h4wGI

https://assets0.uswitch.com/mobiles/_img/library/news_image/htc_desire_large.jpeg?w=770&format=auto

http://mobile-cell-phone.org/digital/BlackBerry-Curve-3G-T-Moible-release-date.jpg

http://assets.inhabitat.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2010/04/samsung.jpg

Oh, definitely. I first heard of FB back in 2007 right when it was getting very popular. It just that one of the users said the C/O 10-12 had extreme social media when that wasn't the case. The only sites aside from Youtube and MSN/AIM then was truly FB and MySpace.

Oh, definitely. I first heard of FB back in 2007 right when it was getting very popular. It just that one of the users said the C/O 10-12 had extreme social media when that wasn't the case. The only sites aside from Youtube and MSN/AIM then was truly FB and MySpace.

Are you still forgetting Twitter?  ??? How come you are saying Twitter wasn't big in 2010-2013 when it was? It was number 3 and comparable to YouTube and Facebook. It was part of "The Big 3" of social media sites in the early 2010s... And as shown with the videos and users on this site, it was well known by late 2009 and most people started to hear about in in 2008 and 2009. It came right after Facebook and was close in popularity with it. I understand you posted statistics of users on twitter, but that doesn't mean Twitter wasn't popular. People still went on the site even if they didn't have accounts. It's just Facebook was more easier accessed for the average Joe, celebrities were ruling Twitter in the early 2010s. And I clearly remember around 2010 many users wanting to join so they can keep in touch with celebrities.

Twitter is part of the Facebook/YouTube era. It is not part of the mobile era of Instagram, SnapChat, etc. Twitter is like a veteran of social media sites (after MySpace of couse)

Also, both MSN (which isn't even social media) and MySpace were dead in the early 2010s.

Are you still forgetting Twitter?  ??? How come you are saying Twitter wasn't big in 2010-2013 when it was? It was number 3 and comparable to YouTube and Facebook. It was part of "The Big 3" of social media sites in the early 2010s... And as shown with the videos and users on this site, it was well known by late 2009 and most people started to hear about in in 2008 and 2009. It came right after Facebook and was close in popularity with it. I understand you posted statistics of users on Twitter, but that doesn't mean Twitter wasn't popular. People still went on the site even if they didn't have accounts. It's just Facebook was easier accessed for the average Joe, celebrities were ruling Twitter in the early 2010s. And I clearly remember around 2010 many users wanting to join so they can keep in touch with celebrities.

Twitter is part of the Facebook/YouTube era. It is not part of the mobile era of Instagram, SnapChat, etc. Twitter is a veteran of social media sites (after MySpace of course)

Also, both MSN (which isn't even social media) and MySpace were dead in the early 2010s.
I never said wasn't popular in the early 10s, just 2010 alone. I understand Twitter may have been in demand at that time, but it was still overshadowed by FB. I remember hearing more about the latter than former all throughout 2010. It wasn't until late 2011 or early 2012 where I finally heard about Twitter.

Now when it comes to the graduation classes mentioned, all of them partially experienced high school with primitive social media considering that their first few years or nearly/all of them were all about Myspace and FB with Twitter (although already popular) coming right around their Jr/Sr year, or after high school.

I never said wasn't popular in the early 10s, just 2010 alone.

But the videos I showed you not only proved that it was popular in 2010, but also in 2009... I'm just really surprised you haven't heard of Twitter, a giant mega million social media site at the time, until 2011. I knew nothing about social media and even I heard about in 2009, and it's not because I'm in a different country because Americans were hearing about it too.

But the videos I showed you not only proved that it was popular in 2010, but also in 2009... I'm just really surprised you haven't heard of Twitter, a giant mega million social media site at the time, until 2011.
Well like I said before, it was overshadowed by Facebook. Besides, I'm not the only one who didn't know about Twitter in 2010. Even. My family and friends didn't know about the site either.

Honestly, it wasn't until my last year of college during 2009 that I started to see more students with smartphones, so it was probably even later than that for high schoolers.


I wonder if the change happened around 2012 for high schoolers? I remember when I was in my final year of primary school in 2011, only three or four people in my year group owned a phone and they only owned a standard Nokia or Motorola phone. However, when we all started High School in Early 2012, everyone in my year group seemed to be buying their first smartphone around the same time and you would often hear some of them bragging about owning a Galaxy S3 or a HTC. I remember that smartphones still seemed like a bit of a novelty in 2012.

I wonder if the change happened around 2012 for high schoolers? I remember when I was in my final year of primary school in 2011, only three or four people in my year group owned a phone and they only owned a standard Nokia or Motorola phone. However, when we all started High School in Early 2012, everyone in my year group seemed to be buying their first smartphone around the same time and you would often hear some of them bragging about owning a Galaxy S3 or a HTC. I remember that smartphones still seemed like a bit of a novelty in 2012.

I believe smartphones were no longer a novelty in 2012. I got my first smartphone in 2012 and I was super late in the game and all my friends had one before me. They were everywhere and I got the super popular Samsung Galaxy S3 in 2012. Now in 2010, they were more like a novelty because you saw people mostly with slider phones, Blackberrys, and some other dumb phones. I actually saw this by seeing a video of a concert I went to in summer of 2010, majority of people were holding up photo cameras to record and take pictures and not smartphones. I'm sure there were some people who also did this in 2012, but far less. So I feel that smartphones exploded in popularity in 2011.

My high school years were 2004 to 2008 and it was fun seeing technology change. We were on MySpace and we had flip phones but i don't remember seeing anyone with smartphones during my senior year.

Yeah 2004 to 2008 are the real transitional years.The classes of 06 to 08 experienced the transitonal years as high schoolers

I don't know either. My comment was just my personal opinion. Being a teen back in the "Double Ohs" would have been bad to me (but being a 2010s teen is not much better, IMO).

I was a 00's teen. You just have to pro and con it, what's good about now, what was good back then. This decade it feels like there's more room for individuality and self expression that doesn't follow the crowd is less frowned upon, less distinct subcultures, but again, I'm older so that's a question for an actual teenager of the times. I would hate to grow up in these highly volatile times where everyone is at odds and divided though, and every other news story is a tragic one.

Another one up for the 2000's would be how social media was more or less in it's infancy through most of those years, it was more simple, and nobody was glued to their phone like they were married to it. I miss looking forward to after school messenger chats and stuff like that. You could customize your MySpace in ways Facebook doesn't allow, though Tumblr is highly changeable if you know how. It is convenient today to have everything at your fingertips to look things up on the fly, text to get a hold of someone, but at the cost of undivided attention when you're with people. I miss having a decent social life as a teen, hanging out with girls I knew even if it was to just do nothing together. Now that I have my own money I don't have time for the rest, and when I do you can bet all phones will be out.  ;D :o

Music of the 2000's was catchy as is today's pop and rap, but the artists tended to use their actual voices as opposed to that awful fake auto tune sound they've been using most of this decade that's a huge pet peeve of mine. Maybe they're moving away from that finally?

Yeah, I agree that smartphones took off in 2010; however, they were different and weren't as common then compared to now. Plus, they were still expensive, and the phones didn't even have 4G coverage! Oh, and people still had these phones as well. I mean, look how they looked back then.

https://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2014/03/topic_iphone_4.png?itok=_s4h4wGI

https://assets0.uswitch.com/mobiles/_img/library/news_image/htc_desire_large.jpeg?w=770&format=auto

http://mobile-cell-phone.org/digital/BlackBerry-Curve-3G-T-Moible-release-date.jpg

http://assets.inhabitat.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2010/04/samsung.jpg

Oh, definitely. I first heard of FB back in 2007 right when it was getting very popular. It just that one of the users said the C/O 10-12 had extreme social media when that wasn't the case. The only sites aside from Youtube and MSN/AIM then was truly FB and MySpace.

Did you know Blackberry was bringing back the phone that has the keyboard? It's just a combination of a touchscreen smartphone with actual keys at the bottom. I doubt it will take off outside the niche market of nostalgic people who haven't gotten used to regular smartphones.

I was a 00's teen. You just have to pro and con it, what's good about now, what was good back then. This decade it feels like there's more room for individuality and self expression that doesn't follow the crowd is less frowned upon, less distinct subcultures, but again, I'm older so that's a question for an actual teenager of the times. I would hate to grow up in these highly volatile times where everyone is at odds and divided though, and every other news story is a tragic one.

Another one up for the 2000's would be how social media was more or less in it's infancy through most of those years, it was more simple, and nobody was glued to their phone like they were married to it. I miss looking forward to after school messenger chats and stuff like that. You could customize your MySpace in ways Facebook doesn't allow, though Tumblr is highly changeable if you know how. It is convenient today to have everything at your fingertips to look things up on the fly, text to get a hold of someone, but at the cost of undivided attention when you're with people. I miss having a decent social life as a teen, hanging out with girls I knew even if it was to just do nothing together. Now that I have my own money I don't have time for the rest, and when I do you can bet all phones will be out.  ;D :o

Music of the 2000's was catchy as is today's pop and rap, but the artists tended to use their actual voices as opposed to that awful fake auto tune sound they've been using most of this decade that's a huge pet peeve of mine. Maybe they're moving away from that finally?

Fair points but I just wouldn't want to have been a '00s teen...being a '00s kid was good enough.

I don't know people of my age having twitter except for a few "politics types". Twitter is one big fail if you ask me.
Only in the 2009/10 year I saw a few people having a smartphone. I did not follow the trends, so I assumed it was a very fancy iPod. Some had blackberry's, but I believe most had mid-00s phones with a camera.
People did generally shift from mid-00s social media to facebook in my area, especially around 2009. Facebook is still the dominant social media among my peers. Some have instagram. I really don't know if someone has Snapchat. I don't want it; why would I want something if people I know also don't have it?
The 00s were a good time to be teen though.

Did you know Blackberry was bringing back the phone that has the keyboard? It's just a combination of a touchscreen smartphone with actual keys at the bottom. I doubt it will take off outside the niche market of nostalgic people who haven't gotten used to regular smartphones.
No. I didn't hear anything about that, and I remember those phones very well. Some of my friends and even family had one. We'll have to see that if Blackberry can make a comeback. I mean, they left the phone business right when smartphones significantly increased in demand, and were the pioneers of what was yet to come.

Did you know Blackberry was bringing back the phone that has the keyboard? It's just a combination of a touchscreen smartphone with actual keys at the bottom. I doubt it will take off outside the niche market of nostalgic people who haven't gotten used to regular smartphones.

They already released that phone this year. They've been releasing phones like that for a while now, they never left. It's just that people aren't buying them because Blackberry is a flop now.

2009 was the year Facebook became big like a big shift from MySpace to Facebook.

The very demographic I envy. From the middle of that decade until 2013, it was cool for guys to wear their hair long, and the games in my opinion seemed innovative, or at least fun, since online multiplayer wasn't huge then. Plus, the music sounded more emotional even if it were just a generic love song. I hate the 2010s hipster aesthetic.

The very demographic I envy. From the middle of that decade until 2013, it was cool for guys to wear their hair long, and the games in my opinion seemed innovative, or at least fun, since online multiplayer wasn't huge then. Plus, the music sounded more emotional even if it were just a generic love song. I hate the 2010s hipster aesthetic.
You're not alone. I hate the hipster aesthetic with a burning passion.

Fast food chains are adopting the hipster aesthetic too whenever they remodel.

You know, that ugly, drab, NY coffeeshop look on the outside with wooden floors, weird orange chairs, and artsy designs on the inside?

You know, 'cause they're trying to appeal to the majority of today's youth?

Nowhere is safe from the hipster trend. It's so incredibly lame.

Oh yeah and online multiplayer games were popular in the 00's:

Club Penguin, Toontown, etc..

The very demographic I envy. From the middle of that decade until 2013, it was cool for guys to wear their hair long, and the games in my opinion seemed innovative, or at least fun, since online multiplayer wasn't huge then. Plus, the music sounded more emotional even if it were just a generic love song. I hate the 2010s hipster aesthetic.


Do you mean early-mid 2000s when you say online multiplayer? Because online console gaming was huge in the late 2000s.

Do you mean early-mid 2000s when you say online multiplayer? Because online console gaming was huge in the late 2000s.



Maybe, but in the late 2000s, that was probably the last time that one of the two big consoles had free online gaming. Good thing I'm on PC now since it's always free to play online. It does get lonely when no one wants to play with you, though.

You're not alone. I hate the hipster aesthetic with a burning passion.

Fast food chains are adopting the hipster aesthetic too whenever they remodel.

You know, that ugly, drab, NY coffeeshop look on the outside with wooden floors, weird orange chairs, and artsy designs on the inside?

You know, 'cause they're trying to appeal to the majority of today's youth?

Nowhere is safe from the hipster trend. It's so incredibly lame.

Oh yeah and online multiplayer games were popular in the 00's:

Club Penguin, Toontown, etc..



Yeah, but computers weren't so much of a commodity back then so people were playing on games consoles if they could afford it.

You're not alone. I hate the hipster aesthetic with a burning passion.

Fast food chains are adopting the hipster aesthetic too whenever they remodel.

You know, that ugly, drab, NY coffeeshop look on the outside with wooden floors, weird orange chairs, and artsy designs on the inside?

You know, 'cause they're trying to appeal to the majority of today's youth?

Nowhere is safe from the hipster trend. It's so incredibly lame.

Oh yeah and online multiplayer games were popular in the 00's:

Club Penguin, Toontown, etc..


The hipster aesthetic plagued my entire town in 2014 and especially 2015. It looks horrific, and I remember getting angry about it all day.

The hipster aesthetic plagued my entire town in 2014 and especially 2015. It looks horrific, and I remember getting angry about it all day.

Yeah. I mean, if people wanted to dress like it were the 1940s or 1950s, they should have voted Romney instead of Obama.

Yeah. I mean, if people wanted to dress like it were the 1940s or 1950s, they should have voted Romney instead of Obama.


1940's/50's? They're probably more like poorly done Civil War reenactments.