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Re:The tech industry's use of persuasive techniques on children by zenbob on Monday August 13, 2018 @12:28PM (#17751309)
Perhaps there is disproportionate negative attention placed on the tech industry these days, but it is still reasonable to write an in-depth article like this that only focuses on one specific offending industry.
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Re:The tech industry's use of persuasive techniques on children by duskhen on Monday August 13, 2018 @12:37PM (#17751386)
The trouble with this article is that’s not an “in-depth”. It is not based on scientific rigor, but rather on a certain assumption backed by the boasting of a certain B.J.Fogg.

Moreover, the observed behavior is certainly not something new to our present time.

If anecdotal evidences are of any use, then I can relate my own childhood experience. I was truly obsessed with computers in my teens, and avoided talking to my parents. The only difference is that this happened 25 years ago in post-Soviet Russia.

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Re:The tech industry's use of persuasive techniques on children by TAForObvReasons on Monday August 13, 2018 @12:31PM (#17751329)
Tech is more deeply ingrained in people's lives than hollywood or any of the other examples ever were.
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