A recent study has confirmed what many of us have suspected for some time - that ‘millennials’, those individuals born between 1979-1995, are the generation most likely to overshare.

But what that study has also revealed, and which will come as a surprise to many, is that Gen Zers (born between 1996 and 2006) are bucking the trend, moving towards more private forms of communication, and prioritising quality friendships over a quantity of e-quaintances.

Polling over 10,000 global participants, The Friendship Report (an international study by Snap Inc exploring the impact of culture, age, and technology on friendship) discovered that Gen Zers are far more reluctant to share life updates publicly than millennials (34pc, compared to 47pc). What's more, only a third would consider sharing their proudest moments online, compared to over half of millennials (34pc to 53pc).

In fact, teens and early 20-somethings appear to be stepping away from social sharing altogether.

In this era of by-the-second updates on marriages, divorces, babies, breakdowns, trials, tribulations and all controversial opinions in between, could this generationally-adjusted attitude prompt the end of the era of online oversharing?

Gen Z doesn’t find social sharing as new or exciting as the rest of us

While prior generations had to adapt to new, exciting and confusing technology, the Gen Zers were born into a world that was already dependent on smartphones and social media. They grew up seeing timelines, retweets and friend requests as the norm, rather than something fresh or alien - and they could see the mistakes their elders had made.