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Banea-Vaedr t1_iy54g9k wrote

Smokers in the 1970s would have said it improves lung function

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Bad_Mood_Larry t1_iy5dwy8 wrote

Idk, I think a lot of the complaints about social media is that its replace normal social interaction and increased siloing. Social media can be useful socially when evaluated in a vacuum, for example if you live in the middle of nowhere in rural Alaska social media is probably helpful. But it shouldn't be treated as a replacement for actual social contact, I think one of the bigger issues is the teens and children lack social outlets and become heavily reliant on social media for their main socialization. The point being getting rid or limiting of social media for young people isn't the main answer its should be more focused on providing options to replace or supplement the socialization factor social media provides.

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Little_Duckling t1_iy585v1 wrote

> lots of people rely on the reporting around the Frances Haugen leaks from inside Facebook to argue that “Facebook knew” that Instagram causes “body image issues” for children (and then most people leapt to the belief that the company then ignored and downplayed that finding). But, as we noted, the actual study told a very, very different story. As we pointed out at the time, the study was an attempt to do the right thing and understand if social media like Facebook was actually causing negative self-images among teenagers, and the study found that for the most part, the answer was absolutely not.

Very good read. Not something you’d want to form a strong opinion on without reading it first <gestures broadly at Reddit>

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anti-torque t1_iy542wi wrote

No!

They should learn crowdsourcing, collaboration, and networking the old-fashioned way--being born to a wealthy enough family to hire intermediaries who handle all this stuff.

We can't have the hoi polloi talking to each other and thinking this is a good thing. There must be some immigrants or something we can blame for this... this... this cavalier attitude toward conversation.

I blame Motley Crue's attempts to play trap music... and millennials.

It's all their all faults.

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iamsofriggintired t1_iy5blgn wrote

Those millennials killing the acceptable-socialization industry! Always knew this day would come.

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control-to-major t1_iy5ei1e wrote

I think these are two points conflated into one. Mass communication is revolutionary and beautiful. I think in the average case, people aren’t using social media to climb the class ladder

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anti-torque t1_iy8sm6w wrote

More to the point would be who gets to control the narrative when the people converse, versus what they're told to believe by those who have been telling the same story since before the interwebs existed.

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gatonegro97 t1_iy59hb5 wrote

Let's face it, it's a net negative no matter how you try to frame it.

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jacobrogers256 t1_iy5cr5n wrote

I think social media is good, but monetization of it is not. Just compare Usenet and IRC to Reddit and Discord.

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3mium t1_iy5fcl7 wrote

As somebody addicted to the internet. No. It’s not good. And I don’t think any teenagers should have access to it period.

Just look at what a cesspool r/teenagers is.

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jacobrogers256 t1_iy5ms0i wrote

It is good as long as it is run by the people using it, with open software and good moderation.

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RoncinanteAmoroso t1_iy5pub1 wrote

It' not good in any shape and form, and moderation is dictatorship.

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jacobrogers256 t1_iy5q0py wrote

If you do not like the mods, you can go somewhere else. That is the joy of the 1rst amendment. Ahhhh, isnt freedom nice?

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3mium t1_iy5sa28 wrote

Uh, no. None of the discord moderators are properly vetted or trained to babysit teenagers all day.

Especially hormonal/suicidal teenagers in discord servers.

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jacobrogers256 t1_iy5sidx wrote

Enter IRC. You could run your own IRC if you do not like discord, and moderate it yourself.

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3mium t1_iy5sz8t wrote

So you’re telling me,

People should be allowed to run mental health servers. Where they are not vetted or trained. And anonymous.

While moderating a bunch of suicidal ideation kids who are also anonymous, where they have no actual capable ability to actually support?

And do all that for free?

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jacobrogers256 t1_iy5t8un wrote

I did not read the mental health part.

Even so, you could enlist the help of a mental health professional to help.

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3mium t1_iy5td44 wrote

???????????????????????

I’m saying it’s happening as we speak.

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jacobrogers256 t1_iy5cui7 wrote

Not saying Reddit is bad, just that it pushes political content and other things to keep you hooked.

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Wh00ster t1_iy7det3 wrote

Would #metoo and #blacklivesmatter and LGTBQ+ movements have been as powerful (or existed) without social media? Political dissent and protests? Don’t forget Obama’s election in 2008 had a large social media factor (just like politics today, regardless of one’s political leanings)

Sometimes the hard line stance that social media is bad feels like throwing the baby out with the bath water.

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BallardRex t1_iy564ak wrote

“Crackheads say that nothing gives them energy and a buzz quite like a hit of the pipe, cannot see downsides. News at eleven!”

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Dr_Edge_ATX t1_iy57d0g wrote

Let's ask the cult members if they enjoy being in the cult.

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Chaserivx t1_iy58q4s wrote

Mark Zuckerberg's asked (threatened) 5 people he thinks are his friends to comment and affirm this article.

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Vitaloss t1_iy5dz71 wrote

Ever since I booted up halo 2 on the original Xbox in 2004 and got called a racial slur by someone in Connecticut I have loved how connected the internet makes us as people.

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wrathful_intentions t1_iy5uie6 wrote

Yes tik tok taught me the tide pod challenge and how to steal kia's. Win win if you ask me

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Rasnall t1_iy521ww wrote

They will think say that if they are taught that

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