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Re:Majority of US teens have lost trust in Big Tech by drweevil on Thursday January 30, 2025 @09:23AM (#42877930)
What are the conditions that must hold for "revealed preference" to be a relevant measurement? In an economy dominated by cartels it would not seem to convey much information relevant to preference, given lack of consumer choice.
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Re:Majority of US teens have lost trust in Big Tech by scarface_74 on Thursday January 30, 2025 @09:30AM (#42878004)
Is anyone forced to use social media?
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Re:Majority of US teens have lost trust in Big Tech by nickthegreek on Thursday January 30, 2025 @09:38AM (#42878117)
Sadly, many small businesses are basically forced to be in order to be found/relevant.
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Re:Majority of US teens have lost trust in Big Tech by scarface_74 on Thursday January 30, 2025 @09:40AM (#42878137)
We are talking about teens.
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Re:Majority of US teens have lost trust in Big Tech by ryandrake on Thursday January 30, 2025 @12:47PM (#42880126)
Very true, and also, no businesses are literally forced (by the law or otherwise) to use social media. They voluntarily do it for the imagined or real business benefits.
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Re:Majority of US teens have lost trust in Big Tech by ceph_ on Thursday January 30, 2025 @10:04AM (#42878408)
Yes teens are forced to use social media or miss out on interacting with and making friends.

The longitudinal facebook/Instagram study that came out a few years ago found that those who abstained felt ostracized.

You sound like a boomer who says kids don't need a phone and should just go knock on another kids door to make friends.

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Re:Majority of US teens have lost trust in Big Tech by scarface_74 on Thursday January 30, 2025 @10:19AM (#42878545)
Well you realize that kids aren’t on Facebook right?

And if kids hated social media so much as a group, they could just use group text messages - especially with RCS and 80% of US teens owning iPhones anyway.

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