what i’m saying is that you’re ignoring societal problems by removing yourself from them, and this will not fix anything… and you will still be subject to side-effects as long as you wish to interact with people outside of your parents (ie, society)

I’ve been on my local school board for 20 years and the changes happening due to social media are staggering (for children and adults). My lack of participation hasn’t changed anything. Telling people not to participate will not work because you’re rivaling companies that pay experts tons of money to get people addicted to these things. As individuals we’re massively out-gunned.

I’ve started working with and donating to advocacy groups looking to regulate these companies because I haven’t seen anything else even begin to work.