Facebook knows Instagram is toxic for teen girls, company documents show

Re:Facebook knows Instagram is toxic for teen girls, company... by vladvasiliu on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @10:15AM (#28525175)

> 1. I remember that while growing up fashion magazines, actors/actresses and I want to say peer pressure (but am fearful its incorrect) were a big source of body image issues.

I remember reading somewhere, can't remember where, something that addressed this point.

Broadly speaking, the idea was that "people in magazines" weren't perceived as "peers", so you wouldn't compare yourself to them in the same way as you'd compare with a classmate, or some other "regular person", "just like yourself".

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Re:Facebook knows Instagram is toxic for teen girls, company... by treis on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @12:15PM (#28526980)

To me this sounds like post hoc reasoning to justify the conclusion you already want to make. There doesn't appear to be any real correlation between the introduction of Instagram and suicide rates for girls. Suicide rates are up, but it's for both boys and girls and the beginning of the increase predated Instagram.

Instagram is an easy target like Video games, TV, Cell Phones, and Internet were before it. But like those things I don't think there's much causation going on.

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Re:Facebook knows Instagram is toxic for teen girls, company... by a9h74j on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @10:47PM (#28534632)

Johnathan Haight discusses noticable differences in college students (measurable by mental health services) precisely in the years when students who all had cell phones early [in middle school?] started to enter.

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