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Re:“User engagement” is code for “addiction” by bosswipe on Thursday March 04, 2021 @03:25PM (#26347779)
> Then look at all the mental health problems young people are having these days

Is there any evidence that mental health is worse than for previous generations?

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Re:“User engagement” is code for “addiction” by foofoo4u on Thursday March 04, 2021 @04:01PM (#26348268)
Two sources that show anxiety and depression are on the rise with the youth.

https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2019/02/20/most-u-...

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/07/12/a-growing-n...

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Re:“User engagement” is code for “addiction” by 4ggr0 on Friday March 05, 2021 @04:08AM (#26354659)
Well, you know, that could also be because the youth racks up student debt, can't afford to buy their own houses, are expected to slave away their life for sub minimal wage jobs etc.

Which is why I don't get why smartphones and social media are almost solely blamed in these kinds of discussion. We have COVID since one year, wealth gaps are getting bigger etc.

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Re:“User engagement” is code for “addiction” by reaperducer on Thursday March 04, 2021 @03:36PM (#26347910)
Is there any evidence that mental health is worse than for previous generations?

I don't think so. But people do seem more fragile these days.

Still, even if it isn't worse, that doesn't mean we shouldn't try to do something about it.

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Re:“User engagement” is code for “addiction” by C19is20 on Thursday March 04, 2021 @05:06PM (#26349092)
Couldn't' 'seeming more fragile these days' be a part of copycatting, in that if person X got offended by something, then these addicted-to-social media-types copy the behaviour...and then some?
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