The Case for Banning Children from Social Media

Re:The Case for Banning Children from Social Media by randomdata on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @10:58AM (#35455341)

If HN isn't social media, I'm not sure what is. Perhaps you are referring to plain old media where there is no meaningful social interaction, rather one-way consumption of produced content?

Indeed, lawmakers do seem concerned about new entrants to the media space, like producers on TikTok, no doubt because they struggle to exert the same kind of control over the content like they used to be able to when there were only a small handful of regulated media companies. That's well beyond the topic of social media taking place here, though.

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Re:The Case for Banning Children from Social Media by dustedcodes on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @11:31AM (#35455861)

   > If HN isn't social media, I'm not sure what is.

You don't see significant measurable difference between Insta/TikTok and HN? Ouch!

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Re:The Case for Banning Children from Social Media by randomdata on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @12:34PM (#35456811)

In fact, I see a considerable difference. Instagram, and especially TikTok, have no meaningful social component. It's just content producers producing content for consumption for consumers. They are effectively cable TV providers, only deviating from traditional cable TV in that there is no hard limit on the number of channels.

HN is social media. Active, two way conversation which emulates going outside to talk to your neighbour, except with people around the globe, is what attracts people here. The users here aren't here just to watch TV like they are on Instagram and TikTok.

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