Steinfeld reflected on the role of social media in her life during her May 2023 People interview. The actress recalled that she joined social media when it was starting to gain popularity, and she's grateful to have experienced life without it beforehand. "I look at the kids in my family now working an iPad like it's nobody's business," she said. "It's a good thing that wasn't me because I did go through a phase when I was younger taking photos on Photo Booth and making dance videos at home. I send those videos to my friends all the time, where we're in eighth grade and it's the most cringe, embarrassing thing." Steinfeld joked, "Meanwhile, eighth graders now are, like, professional dancers and killing it."
Back in September 2016, the "Pitch Perfect" star told Vanity Fair about a time when a group of adults assumed that she hadn't experienced life without social media. "I was, like, almost offended by it," she remembered. "Because I did." She explained that she was fairly late to join social media and shared that her favorite activity was enjoying the outdoors and riding her bike in the cul de sac.
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