Re:Facebook knows Instagram is toxic for teen girls, company...
by hamzakc on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @11:42AM
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I totally agree with you. I am constantly asked by my two boys (11, 14) for a smart phone. In our mind they don't need one at this age. The issue is that everyone seems to have one in the school. When I pick them up I see it for myself.
I don't understand why the school does not just ban them and discourage usage.
If we want to change the use of social media in teenagers and younger, we as parents have a responsibility to control access to these kind of sites and the internet in general.
Re:Facebook knows Instagram is toxic for teen girls, company...
by jacquesm on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @11:54AM
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I wrote this:
https://jacquesmattheij.com/the-social-media-problem/
Which has a bit of a different angle, but my conclusion is that social media as a tool can be useful but that in the aggregate right now it is a serious problem for which we are ill prepared as society.
Re:Facebook knows Instagram is toxic for teen girls, company...
by JohnWhigham on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @11:59AM
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Because many, if not most parents are not good parents and don't give a fuck. Phones and tablets are handed to kids to get the kids to shut up for a couple hours while the parents do the exact same thing.
Re:Facebook knows Instagram is toxic for teen girls, company...
by thinkingemote on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @01:13PM
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Agreed. We clearly see a failure to condemn toxicity when users from HN defend onlyfans...
I speak to a lot of folks in certain religious circles about it. A lot of the things the Church is typically against seems to be perpetuated by it--suicide, pornography, materialism. This is the same group of people that were vocally against rock music, drinking, sex, and D&D at various times in the past. The reaction seems to be "yeah, social media sucks" returns to scrolling on phone. My guess is that it's now such a foundational part of modern culture that it's impossible to avoid. It'd be like trying to live without automobiles, which requires an almost monastic dedication to the cause.