Re:Dear Zuckerberg, We're writing to urge you to cancel Inst...
by jka on Friday April 16, 2021 @03:05PM
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This is the nature of an addictive technology that has an influence on peer groups.
If it's flashy, exciting, looks cool - other children are going to want to have the same thing too.
In a situation like that, even if your own preference is to have a quiet, slow existence for your family -- and even if that's what other families want too -- the environment has been altered by this external factor.
Adults aren't immune to these kind of peer effects either, to be honest - but it's particularly pathetic for multi-billion dollar companies to intentionally market towards children with the hope of holding on to their attention and customer data.
If it's flashy, exciting, looks cool - other children are going to want to have the same thing too.
In a situation like that, even if your own preference is to have a quiet, slow existence for your family -- and even if that's what other families want too -- the environment has been altered by this external factor.
Adults aren't immune to these kind of peer effects either, to be honest - but it's particularly pathetic for multi-billion dollar companies to intentionally market towards children with the hope of holding on to their attention and customer data.