A Conversation On How Social Media And The Digital Age Changed How People Interact | Yip To My Yap

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In this episode, Erica Star and Justin Santos go down memory lane talking about their first cell phones, group chat etiquette and early social media platforms like Myspace. Reminisce with them in a conversation full of nostalgia laughs.

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00:00 Sneak peek
00:20 Intro
00:57 First phones: Sidekick, Sprint flip phone
03:13 Flip-phone nostalgia & the mystery antenna
04:09 Parents checking phones
07:19 One gets punished, all get punished
07:49 Dad checks my Sidekick
12:29 Privacy vs trust: How we’ll parent
15:17 Ringtone era (T-Pain, Seth Rogen laugh)
18:16 Favorite emojis & what they mean
19:58 Emojis that annoy us
22:48 Single-emoji replies & message reactions
31:49 The time I did shrooms
40:00 “Dry texter” debate
41:35 When to text vs call vs voice note vs FaceTime
45:13 Group chat roles & etiquette
52:32 Voicemails
56:26 Old social media (TBH, shout-outs, Vine, Video Star)
1:00:08 Social media persona
1:04:55 Birthdays & performative “thanks”
1:10:02 Be present IRL: put the phone down
1:11:30 Shoutouts to friends & staying yourself online
1:16:14 Touch grass
1:17:34 Closing out