Social-savvy baby boomers show TikTok, Instagram are also for the young at heart

TikTok sensation Uncle Raymond shot to fame earlier this year while Ms Grace Yeo runs an Instagram account for her cat Cookie. PHOTOS: DESMOND FOO, COURTESY OF GRACE YEO
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SINGAPORE – They are labelled “boomers”, a derogatory term used to mock someone close-minded and resistant to change.

Yet, some of these older folk have adeptly hopped onto the social media train, learning the ins and outs of editing videos and uploading them to platforms such as TikTok, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

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