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Jankisa

Croatia411 Posts

7 hours ago

#99301

I think that the bigger problem is that most parents don't really have the time to monitor their kids internet / social media use, even if you eliminate schools these kids are growing up into silos of information that they most likely never leave, they will get sorted into neat little easily advertised and propagandized to groups and who the fuck knows where that takes us.

Obviously folks in this thread are on the more thoughtful and tech savvy side, but the overall problem is much bigger and it's not just about phones and school, it's about what these things are doing to our brains in general.

To me, the most disturbing part is how easily manipulated and lied to kids today are, look at the most popular influences, Andrew Tate, Jake & Logan Paul, mr. Beast, all of these assholes built literal empires by exploiting these mechanisms, and in some cases are using their influence to push these kids into different directions.

My sister works in school, she works with a kid with behavioral issues and the shit this kid tells her, the fucked up jokes and racist insanity that he spews from being in very weird, fringe communities is disturbing as fuck.

Trump won because his media apparatus was more in tune with this shit, he made huge strides with GenZ and Millennial men for the reasons that, in my opinion can be traced all the way back to Gamergate, the RW ghouls found a mechanism and started pushing buttons, it took a while for them to get good at it but they have mastered it now, and the whole US propaganda apparatus is now being employed in hyper charging this.

KT_Elwood

Germany828 Posts

6 hours ago

#99302

I never wanted to be someone explaining to younger ones how dangerous:

- Books
- Music
- Cinema
- Comics
- Magazines
- TV
- Videogames
-...........

Are but with social media... oh my. That's maybe the first time there is an actual danger for people's sanity - because the companies openly admit that they want these kids to engage every minute of their lives, and if not, longing to engage like addicts.

The vision is even to abolish whatever is left of human interaction on social media and replace it with AI generated personae. Everyone gets a room (in cloud hell) tailored for him. Things that mimic interaction and keep you company, but don't even require the work to keep a friendship.

What makes me sad is usually that with all previous "new things" people actually were super interested in the mechanics of it.
Write own stories, make your own music, draw, film.. programm games.

But with social media.. all you do is create content for free. Never being able to look into the machine..only serve it.

Mohdoo

United States15474 Posts

25 minutes ago

#99303

On May 15 2025 10:23 Razyda wrote:
Honestly I am vastly against kids on social media. However: ultimately it is parent responsibility and approach.

I want to touch on this specific detail a bit because its really important.

Is it a parent's responsibility? Yes

Does that mean we ought to respect the decision of the parent, regardless of harm to the child? No

A child has no ability to advocate for their well-being. They don't get to choose their parents. Leaving their fate up to rolling dice is already a major problem in society. Humanity 100 years from now will definitely look back at 2025 as a time when children's rights were exceptionally dreadful and sad. The children of a society are the responsibility of all adults to protect and care for. Treating children as the property of their parents is harmful and inhumane.

I don't think you were necessarily defending modern culture of children's rights. But I wanted to take the opportunity to point out why this is not something we ought to be deferring to parents for. For the same reason we banned lead paint, we ought to ban toxic technologies from children.

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