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Re:Facebook admits 18% of Research spyware users were teens,... by Qwertystop on Friday March 01, 2019 @02:57PM (#19284666)
On the other hand, private chats are harder to get into; someone has to actually get invited, by the very nature of things. Manipulation that way is going to be harder (though not impossible, especially when they get bigger than everyone-knows-everyone size).
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Re:Facebook admits 18% of Research spyware users were teens,... by johannes1234321 on Friday March 01, 2019 @06:50PM (#19286436)
Which also can lead to social exclusion of individuals, which is critical at school age. In the past time rumors spread between groups, so even the not-liked kid could overhear it somewhere. Now all the discussions move into the private group, where only the "cool" kids come in and spread less over smaller groups ...
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Re:Facebook admits 18% of Research spyware users were teens,... by kevin_thibedeau on Friday March 01, 2019 @04:47PM (#19285606)
You just need to generate memes that people will willingly copypasta into their private groups.
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