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Re:Instagram lets users hide likes to reduce social media pr... by vikiomega9 on Thursday May 27, 2021 @01:12PM (#27305415)
I wonder if that education should also explicitly include how likes, ads and attention are correlated. Making them understand their place in the world is good but SM is a different take on that age-old problem.
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Re:Instagram lets users hide likes to reduce social media pr... by willcipriano on Thursday May 27, 2021 @01:53PM (#27305978)
Have the kids make a post to see who can get the most likes over a week, the teacher does a lame one as well ("read books this summer!"). Nobody likes the teachers post, until the last day when teacher buys 1000 likes for the post, blowing everyone away for $5.

Now the kids know its all made up and the points don't matter.

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Re:Instagram lets users hide likes to reduce social media pr... by cauliflower2718 on Friday May 28, 2021 @02:46AM (#27312439)
Depending on the age of the kids, I wouldn't be surprised if some of the kids had bought likes, too.
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Re:Instagram lets users hide likes to reduce social media pr... by CornCobs on Thursday May 27, 2021 @10:22PM (#27311068)
Welcome to whose like is it anyway - the show where everything is made up and the points don't matter
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Re:Instagram lets users hide likes to reduce social media pr... by 908B64B197 on Thursday May 27, 2021 @03:19PM (#27306986)
> Now the kids know its all made up and the points don't matter.

Careful, they might start questioning whether standardized testing can be gamed as well.

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Re:Instagram lets users hide likes to reduce social media pr... by fooker on Thursday May 27, 2021 @05:02PM (#27308506)
That will be a fantastic outcome.
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Re:Instagram lets users hide likes to reduce social media pr... by egypturnash on Thursday May 27, 2021 @08:47PM (#27310498)
Honestly given the way I've heard teachers feel about those, good.
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