What Constant Surveillance Is Doing to Children

Re:What Constant Surveillance Is Doing to Children by 28304283409234 on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @05:04PM (#50446927)

The earliest time they expressed gratitude instead of annoyance at the boundaries was (I think) when they were 13 and 14. Their friends and classmates would be on snap at 04:00am on schoolnights, endlessly argueing and namecalling and drama. The youngest was really gratefull that she could be on snapchat, but only for a short period of time, and never after 19:00.

And this week they both said how thankfull they had so few advertisements in their lives. Because we block with pi-hole and ublock origin, and showed them how online ads work and how to avoid them.

(Sidenote: If you have kids: talk to your teachers and schools and ask to setup firefox+ublock origin on their classroom computer. Or just install 'brave'. All teachers use youtube during classes. With ads. You will be lifted to instant hero status for blocking those.)

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Re:What Constant Surveillance Is Doing to Children by encrypted_bird on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @06:49PM (#50447956)

This is completely unrelated, but I just want to say that it brings a genuine smile to my face to see someone else use 24-hour time.

I wish more people would see the value it has in everyday life!

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Re:What Constant Surveillance Is Doing to Children by luipugs on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @05:20AM (#50451728)

I use 24-hour time personally but to be honest the only thing it's good for is disambiguating 12 midnight from 12 noon.

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Re:What Constant Surveillance Is Doing to Children by encrypted_bird on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @05:17PM (#50459498)

Tbf that's a huge benefit.

And it's not like 12-hour time has more benefits or fewer downsides than 24-hour time.

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