Re:The Case for Banning Children from Social Media
by lelandbatey on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @11:10PM
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I'd happily pay ~$3 a month for HN or other social media; I already pay way more on average per creator on Patreon and I frequently don't get a monthly benefit from that.
Re:The Case for Banning Children from Social Media
by klyrs on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @11:40PM
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HN is social media. So are old-school forums. Hell, Usenet and IRC qualify in my opinion.
Re:The Case for Banning Children from Social Media
by PurpleRamen on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @05:58AM
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Which means, a more detailed naming is necessary. Like, "personalized media" or something like that, to distinguish it from classical media where the user is not the target of engagement fishing.
Re:The Case for Banning Children from Social Media
by deafpolygon on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @01:50AM
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> Forcing social media companies to charge for accounts would be my first approach.
It may work at first, but it will devolve into a stratified system of people who can afford it, and those who can't.
Either by taxing it so much that they have to, or by explicitly requiring payment. I'm not sure how you'd define "social media" vs say, HN (or is HN social media?).
Taxing advertising revenue at a higher rate could also do it (hmm, thinking about this, this might solve a lot more problems too).
For countries that don't do credit cards, there are other means - usually through the telco that provides mobile access.
Anyway - making users pay for it would associate the account with a credit card, and kids would have to do the same thing they do with mobile games and other paid-for stuff online - negotiate with their parents to get access. At least their parents would be aware.