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Re:Social Media Can Be a ‘Profound Risk’ to Youth, Surgeon G... by boring_twenties on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @01:17PM (#36047504)
> you don't really need a stupid app to interact with them

Yes, you do, because they will not want to interact with you if you're not on the preferred app. This is the case even with adults: I somewhat regularly meet people who will flatly refuse to talk to you if you don't have a green bubble, or an Instagram account, or whathaveyou. These are educated professionals in their 20's and 30's.

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Re:Social Media Can Be a ‘Profound Risk’ to Youth, Surgeon G... by citizenkeen on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @01:28PM (#36047703)
Hang out with less shitty people.
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Re:Social Media Can Be a ‘Profound Risk’ to Youth, Surgeon G... by graboidhunter on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @02:07PM (#36048359)
> I somewhat regularly meet people who will flatly refuse to talk to you if you don't have a green bubble, or an Instagram account, or whathaveyou. These are educated professionals in their 20's and 30's.

Find better friends?

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Re:Social Media Can Be a ‘Profound Risk’ to Youth, Surgeon G... by boring_twenties on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @08:12PM (#36052410)
I didn't say they were my friends, I said the opposite, people I just met
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Re:Social Media Can Be a ‘Profound Risk’ to Youth, Surgeon G... by km3k on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @10:41AM (#36058800)
That's a good indicator that they're people to avoid.
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Re:Social Media Can Be a ‘Profound Risk’ to Youth, Surgeon G... by boring_twenties on Friday May 26, 2023 @11:40AM (#36085611)
Cool, that's what I'll tell my kids when they're socially ostracized by most of their school.
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