I'm getting a little older.

I turned 37 earlier this month.

I have three very young kids who are going to be the end of me.

Not only am I a millennial, I am reliably informed that my age

cohort, born in the first half of the 1980s, are starting to be called geriatric millennials.

It's time I admitted that I am no longer keyed into what is cool online. I joined Facebook in the spring of

2004. So I was once something of a trendy college kid. Fast forward about 15 years.

In late 2019, I downloaded TikTok onto my phone, watched some videos of kids chucking two-liter bottles

of soda off of buildings, and then removed TikTok from my phone. So for a while now,

I've wanted to do an episode on what Gen Z or Zoomers think of social media, how they use it, how it affects them, what's base, what's

cringe, what's a Chad, and so on. I'm going to be the Steve Buscemi character in the meme going,

how do you do, fellow kids? This is, of course, the tech policy podcast. I'm Corbyn Barthold. I'm fortunate to be

joined today by two guests who not only can tell me what's trendy, but can engage in a

serious conversation about social media and public policy. So we're going to be sure to do that

too. Keir Nuthi is public affairs manager at Netchoice, as well as a contributor for young voices.

She recently had a piece at Fortune.com on the importance of letting social media websites set their own content moderation policies.

I look forward to discussing that one with her.

Also here today is Tech Freedom's Own Rachel Altman.

She joined us a few months ago as our director of digital media.

It's great to have her both at the organization and on the show for the first time.

Here, Rachel, it is great to have her both at the organization and on the show for the first time. Here, Rachel, it is great to have you both on.

Thank you for having us.

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