Algorithmic Traps and Generational Differences
📌 Gen Z often gets stuck in the algorithm's current without realizing it, similar to older generations.
👵👴 Boomers may be less digitally savvy, often liking content indiscriminately, which the algorithm then uses to feed them more content, leading to being unintentionally influenced.
📱 Older generations (like Boomers) are increasingly using platforms like TikTok and Instagram, but often remain digital immigrants who need guidance on digital awareness and security.

Digital Immigrants vs. Digital Natives
🧑‍💻 Digital Immigrants (born before widespread technology) experience euphoria when encountering new digital patterns, leading to greater enthusiasm and potentially stronger polarization due to fewer content choices.
🧠 Digital Natives (like Gen Z) have more choices across various social media platforms (e.g., many use TikTok and Instagram, but fewer use platforms like X/Facebook), making them potentially less susceptible to single-algorithm bubbles than immigrants.
📉 The algorithm pamper users by providing desired content; for digital immigrants on platforms like Facebook, this includes text, photos, and videos, leading to being mesmerized/intoxicated by the content flow.

Digital Literacy and Safety for Seniors
🚨 Mafindo has been training senior citizens (the Academy for the Elderly) to increase their digital literacy, focusing heavily on caution/vigilance regarding provocative content and scams.
⚠️ Seniors are reminded that receiving alarming or exciting information should prompt communication with family or neighbors to verify its authenticity before spreading it.
👵 The elderly are often soft targets for hoaxes and fraud due to their newcomer status in the digital world.

Key Points & Insights
➡️ All generations, from Gen Z to Boomers, must actively pursue efforts to become digitally smart (cerdas terhadap digitalisasi).
➡️ Digital Immigrants may exhibit higher levels of euphoria and polarization due to encountering new digital environments later in life with fewer initial platform options.
➡️ A critical defense against scams and hoaxes for seniors is to communicate new information to trusted local contacts before accepting or sharing it.

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