Re:Australia proposes ban on social media for those under 16
by Sophira on Saturday November 09, 2024 @12:31AM
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One big difference is that LiveJournal, Inc. weren't a parasitic company who sought to embrace addiction and analyzing the hell out of their users with algorithms. They had every chance to because the data about interests and friends were just as open as they are on other services - perhaps even more so - but they didn't.
I can't speak for the other big companies of the time, like MySpace and Xanga, because I never used them.
Wouldn't placing the limits on the social media companies potentially prevent them for operating at a profit? I don't think you're wrong, but I question if you're not removing social media for child and teenagers regardless, the difference is if there will be social media for them to use later in life.
Banning social media for those under 16 (or 18) or killing off social media in general do to restrictions in how they operate doesn't really matter to me, even if the latter seems like a bigger win for society in general.
Social media was an interesting and at times fun experiment, but it might be time accept that it's not working out as we had hoped.