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Millburn Teen Breaks Down How She Uses Her iPhone, Social Media

14-year-old Casey Schwartz tells Huffington Post about her generation's obsession with social media and their iPhones. Let us know in the comments what you think about this new technology geared generation!

Casey Schwartz, a 14-year-old in Millburn, is part the first-generation of people who no memory of life before the Internet.

Schwartz regularly tracks the number of followers on her Instagram and Tumblr blog and how many friends she has on Facebook, according to Huffington Post. She even uses the app InstaFollow, which track who unfollows her on Instagram and immediately unfollows them.

However, her biggest statistic stressor is how many 'likes' she gets when she changes her profile picture, the article says. She told Huffinton Post, if she doesn't get more than 100 she gets upset because it's a popularity contest.

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On an average day between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m., Schwartz send exchanges more than 56 messages in a group chat on iMessage, not including private messages — and that's on a school day, according to Huffington Post.

The article claims social media and new gadget aren't a distraction but a crucial extension.

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How do you feel about how much Schwartz's generation uses their iPhones and social media? Let us know in the comments!


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