Opinion & Society
500 Followers, Zero Friends: Gen Z Is Done Pretending Social Media Is the Same as Community
Young Americans are the most digitally connected generation in history — and some of the loneliest. A growing number of Gen Z adults are quietly stepping away from the scroll and showing up in person, drawn to book clubs, skill-sharing nights, and local meetups in search of something their feeds can't seem to deliver. What does that tell us about what community actually means in 2024?