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A comment on The Case for Banning Children from Social Media. Parent comment

Re:The Case for Banning Children from Social Media by slothtrop on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @10:13PM (#35448433)
> Video games nowadays are just as bad.

They're more boring than ever. Games people tend to be most addicted to appear to be glorified network social platforms, i.e. MMORPGs/LoL and the massive online communities extending them.

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Re:The Case for Banning Children from Social Media by smabie on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @02:08AM (#35449984)
In what world is LoL a social network platform? It's literally a pvp moba
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Re:The Case for Banning Children from Social Media by slothtrop on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @09:42AM (#35454008)
> and the massive online communities extending them.

As I said, the most addicting draw is the social component surrounding the games. The co-operative/team-based format means there's a baseline level of coordination in the background.

Something can be said about competition itself, but games that are by design 1-vs-1 are nowhere near as popular. As goes for actual sports.

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