A commenter calls the article's failure framing disingenuous
5 Sep 20 11:40 AM · 3d ago · 2 comments · 1 source · development 5 of 5
fyredge argues the remaining 70% usage reflects lack of platform enforcement rather than teens deliberately evading the law, and that the same reduction would be called a success if applied to cigarettes or alcohol.
“The 30% reduction of teen use is touted as a failure. If this was applied to cigarettes and alcohol, the solution would be stronger enforcement, but this is then labelled as doubling down.”
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What a surprise! Researchers who have a good grift going studying how young people use social media don't want it banned outright. Instead, they want some unspecified conversation in which they have a role deciding how technology can be "better shaped", which coincidentally allows their grift to keep going.> The companion narrative to…
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I don't see anything wrong with a social media ban for teens in concept. In execution, it'll be difficult to do effectively though.What I would like to see is changes to the tax code to disincentivize the social media business model and the advertising industry generally. For example...1. Tax the crap out of advertising revenue on social media…
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Im barely in the back half of Gen X. My oldest kids are grown now, but grew up with iPhones in their hands.I am reminded of all the ridiculousness of the 1980s/1990s - "Its 10pm do you know where your kids are?" "I learned it by watching you dad!" Lawsuits around backwards message in music (Later PMRC), that Bevis and Butthead caused the child to…
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A disingenuous article. The 30% reduction of teen use is touted as a failure. If this was applied to cigarettes and alcohol, the solution would be stronger enforcement, but this is then labelled as doubling down.It is not. The sources provided shows that the remaining 70% of teenagers that remain on the platforms are due to lack of enforcement…
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TFA: "Teens will find creative ways to access these or even more unregulated spaces."The Study TFA references: "The most common reason children still had their social media accounts was that they had not yet been asked by the platform to verify their age."So, basically the first quote is an attempt to manipulate people by appealing to a cliche…
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> there should be a focus on supporting positive online engagementI feel like this is the key for fighting all negative behaviors.Fill the time, burn the energy, with better stuff so that nobody has any left for the bad stuff.
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What is everyone so worked up about? All parents have to do to stop the harm Meta is inflicting on children is to have their “high school students get together to hash out a national AI policy for schools.”
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