If you follow the original comment, yes.

I think you need a better discussion tool here.

Not that cringe to me.

Tiktok and the like are highly addictive for some people and the dopamine kicks are real and unhealthy.

Reading books does not give the same release of dopamine as TikTok/Instagram.. hence why most people don’t read for 2 hours a day but many people easily spend that much time on insta/tik.

Modulating behavior can cause physical withdrawals.. you don’t need a pill. I.e lovers, gambling addicts, porn addicted.

Should we require prescriptions for porn magazines then?

Porn was perhaps a bad example because I don’t think evidence suggests conclusively that it is addictive.

But take gambling.. gambling is considered addictive and its disorder classified in the DSM-5. (Gambling is probably also most like TikTok/Instagram in terms of activating reward seeking and pleasure in the brain). In the US we do heavily regulate gambling and some legislations have required warning labels for the risks involved with gambling.

So no, if would not be unreasonable to me if we as a society discussed potentially regulating social media in some way.. be it as non-invasive as warning messaging.

Saying things are cringe is the cringest thing of all.

It is because of the massive psychological engineering that takes place behind the scenes. Authors or book publishing companies do not hire teams of psychologists to engineer and A/B test their products to try to get you locked into a dopamine reward cycle. The same kind of approaches that casinos do to hook you in and keep you addicted are now standard in these mobile apps.