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> How do you control the content your children are exposed to once they go to school? Not OP, but in my opinion it should be pretty easy to control undesirable
by Rjevski 8y ago
> How do you control the content your children are exposed to once they go to school?
Not OP, but in my opinion it should be pretty easy to control undesirable content. Nobody likes ads; I see no reason for the kids to actively seek out ads once they know what ads really are.
As far as controlling "desirable" content like movies, games, etc, I'm not sure it should be, but that's a rant for another day!
- dragonwriter 8y ago> Nobody likes ads Right, adults who are fully aware of the purpose of advertising don't, e.g., actively look forward to Superbowl half-time ads.
- Rjevski 8y agoThere's a difference between being curious about Super Bowl ads (which cost millions to air and are vetted) and the garbage that are internet ads where anyone with a (potentially stolen) credit card can publish anything they want with no oversight. The former can be considered a form of art; the latter is just cancer.
- lliamander 8y agoThere's also a difference between entertainment and mere engagement. Superbowl ads are entertaining. They may be trying to influence your decisions, but they ultimately leave you with the feeling that you have your own free will intact. The mere engagement of internet ads is often just a crude attempt to program peoples decisions by pressing all the right psychological buttons. Of course, Superbowl ads arguably press those same buttons, but I tend to think that typical online ads are optimized to press those buttons as hard as possible all the time. Being subjected to that is exhausting and frustrating. Incidentally, that's why I decided to quit playing MMO's (and most video games) 10 years ago.