At times social media sites also felt like a private Millennial haven where people could commiserate with each other outside the earshot of older generations, most of whom are not as active on the sites. Social media became a Millennial echo chamber for economic complaints. As Derek Thompson (b. 1986) put it in the Atlantic, a “popular template of contemporary internet analysis” is “If you experience a moment’s unpleasantness, first blame modern capitalism.”
