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9 Ways to Be as Social Media-Savvy

as Your Grandchild

Engage with diverse brands and communities that invigorate your spirits,
hone in your tech savviness to go all out on social platforms, just follow my
tips, writes Karishma Joshi

Dear grandchildren, it’s time to ride Quick to engage with diverse brands and
shotgun—your grandparents are taking communities that invigorate our spirits,
the wheel, riding the twists and turns of we are honing our tech savviness to go all
the social media highway. out on social platforms. Here are 9 ways
Like a cocoon that wraps us in its warm you, too, can do just that!
embrace, social media titillates our senses
and acts as a window to the outside world. Unleash your social side
While the younglings often find
themselves engaged in a whirlwind of
likes, comments, and shares, we, the
older folks are not trailing far behind—no
surprise there.
If we jump on Facebook, YouTube, or
even Instagram today, we’ll stumble
upon numerous examples that shatter the
outdated stereotype of tech-wary seniors. Captured a family picture by the lakeside?
We’re not just ever-present; we’re curating Or a video of yourself hollering in the
our social personas as culinary maestros, stadium as Virat Kohli smashed a sixer
stunning fashion icons, wise relationship into the stands? Don’t let those memories
gurus, daring globetrotters, and so much gather dust in your phone gallery. Instead,
more. secure a special spot for them on your

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