The #2006vs2016 trend is a reminder: in hindsight, we were all dorks
December 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
In the last week, my Twitter feed has been filling up en masse with photos of my friends from 2006. It’s part of #2006vs2016 — a hashtag you pair with a photo of yourself from a decade ago and another of how you look today. The trend is both an easy commiseration over our past lives and peak navel gazing.
The tag itself is not new. People have used the hashtag since January, making this current revival its own sort of throwback. Whether Twitter users choose to directly comment on their 2006 fashion tastes or changing looks, the sentiment largely remains the same: look at what a dork I was!
The difference between this photo trend vs. something like Facebook’s “On This Day” feature is choice. Participants are willingly digging through…
