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Re:Facebook knows Instagram is toxic for teen girls, company... by JohnWhigham on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @10:41AM (#28525552)
100% on the money. People will gnash their teeth because they don't like the truth being told out loud. It's the same reason why online dating is completely fucked up: incentives are completely different for men and women. Women hold access to sex (which men want), men hold access to relationships (which women want). The problem is that each wants completely different demographics; women generally want older secure men, and men want younger more fertile women. There's nothing wrong with this.

This has been ingrained in us for millions of years yet people act like a few decades of social upheaval will change this.

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Re:Facebook knows Instagram is toxic for teen girls, company... by tubby12345 on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @10:54AM (#28525797)
>100% on the money.

yea this random comment on a random tech site about evolutionary biology passes the smell test why? oh is it because of preconceived notions and biases rather than rigorous argumentation (i.e. well cited and published research)? hmmm

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Re:Facebook knows Instagram is toxic for teen girls, company... by everdrive on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @11:07AM (#28525986)
The tone of your comment is not helpful, but the factual claim you've made is definitely correct. This is something that I think seems reasonable, yes. But I am not a biologist, and no one (as far as I'm aware) has made any attempts to scientifically test my claim. At best, we have to call this a plausible idea. At worst, of course, it's not even that.
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