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Are you sure it’s wise to put the onus solely on the parents? Some kids are born into families with crappy parents. Are they to be exploited at the whim of wha

by skh 8y ago

Are you sure it’s wise to put the onus solely on the parents? Some kids are born into families with crappy parents. Are they to be exploited at the whim of whatever corporate goal is out there due to their bad luck of having crappy parents? It’s more reasonable to say that parents ought to be on top of things and recognize that not all of them are. Thus it’s best to have other safeguards in place. Like make Facebook liable for its exploitive behavior.

j16sdiz 8y ago
In this case (or the online casino case GP was suggesting), the parent should keep his/her credit card safe. How this not the parent's responsibility?
- skh 8y ago
  Have you ever misplaced something? Have you dealt with kids with curiosity or who desire something without thinking about the consequences? Facebook had an employee who gave the company specific steps it could easily take to prevent children from becoming whales. They refused to do this. Let’s not lose sight of just how shitty the people at Facebook who decided to do this are. This was a deliberate act on their part. The focus ought to be on them.
- CaptainZapp 8y ago
  Here's the scenario : Kid asks parent if she's allowed to buy 10$ worth of gaming stuff Parent agrees, enters cc info, which is stored by FB without any warning Games are designed in a way that you just click some cuddly icon without even realizing that you spend real money That's not just only the darkest of patterns it's also geared towards vulnerable kids. Intentionally and by design. In my book we're slowly in executives should wind up in jail territory when it comes to this evil carbunkel of a company without any morals, whatsoever.
  - xienze 8y ago
    > Kid asks parent if she's allowed to buy 10$ worth of gaming stuff So, stop right here. The solution is for parents to take a look at what their kids are playing and refuse to let them play F2P stuff. Mine aren't allowed anywhere near F2P games for the very reasons you outlined. If you let them play F2P games, you know that inevitably the "pay" part is going to rear its ugly head repeatedly, even with perfectly-implemented controls that prevent the kid from taking your credit card for a ride. Every damn day they're going to ask you to buy that stupid in-game currency. Just say no before it ever starts. Otherwise, good luck.
    - skh 8y ago
      The solution is for all parents to be aware of potential for dark patterns and to put the onus on them to refuse to let their kids play F2P games? It would be nice to live in a society in which the government doesn’t view actions that Facebook engages in as something every parent ought to be aware of. Caveat emptor works in some cases but not all of them. Your diligence in this situation is not something every parent has the foresight or willpower or knowledge to do. What Facebook did was morally reprehensible. There aren’t other parties to blame in this case.
      - xienze 8y ago
        > The solution is for all parents to be aware of potential for dark patterns and to put the onus on them to refuse to let their kids play F2P games? The pattern is very simple. If the game has an in-app purchase along the lines of: * Buy 10 gems: $0.99 * Buy 50 gems: $2.99 etc. then it's F2P garbage. Get rid of it. Take the five minutes to see what your kid is playing. Otherwise, you're asking to ban these games altogether or make them 18+. All because it's too much trouble to see what they're actually doing with that iPad you throw in front of them.
        skh 8y ago
        I do not wish to live in the type of society you appear to be comfortable with. I hope your view does not prevail.
    - 8y ago

by skh 8y ago

j16sdiz 8y ago

In this case (or the online casino case GP was suggesting), the parent should keep his/her credit card safe. How this not the parent's responsibility?

skh 8y ago
Have you ever misplaced something? Have you dealt with kids with curiosity or who desire something without thinking about the consequences? Facebook had an employee who gave the company specific steps it could easily take to prevent children from becoming whales. They refused to do this. Let’s not lose sight of just how shitty the people at Facebook who decided to do this are. This was a deliberate act on their part. The focus ought to be on them.
CaptainZapp 8y ago
Here's the scenario : Kid asks parent if she's allowed to buy 10$ worth of gaming stuff Parent agrees, enters cc info, which is stored by FB without any warning Games are designed in a way that you just click some cuddly icon without even realizing that you spend real money That's not just only the darkest of patterns it's also geared towards vulnerable kids. Intentionally and by design. In my book we're slowly in executives should wind up in jail territory when it comes to this evil carbunkel of a company without any morals, whatsoever.
- xienze 8y ago
  > Kid asks parent if she's allowed to buy 10$ worth of gaming stuff So, stop right here. The solution is for parents to take a look at what their kids are playing and refuse to let them play F2P stuff. Mine aren't allowed anywhere near F2P games for the very reasons you outlined. If you let them play F2P games, you know that inevitably the "pay" part is going to rear its ugly head repeatedly, even with perfectly-implemented controls that prevent the kid from taking your credit card for a ride. Every damn day they're going to ask you to buy that stupid in-game currency. Just say no before it ever starts. Otherwise, good luck.
  - skh 8y ago
    The solution is for all parents to be aware of potential for dark patterns and to put the onus on them to refuse to let their kids play F2P games? It would be nice to live in a society in which the government doesn’t view actions that Facebook engages in as something every parent ought to be aware of. Caveat emptor works in some cases but not all of them. Your diligence in this situation is not something every parent has the foresight or willpower or knowledge to do. What Facebook did was morally reprehensible. There aren’t other parties to blame in this case.
    - xienze 8y ago
      > The solution is for all parents to be aware of potential for dark patterns and to put the onus on them to refuse to let their kids play F2P games? The pattern is very simple. If the game has an in-app purchase along the lines of: * Buy 10 gems: $0.99 * Buy 50 gems: $2.99 etc. then it's F2P garbage. Get rid of it. Take the five minutes to see what your kid is playing. Otherwise, you're asking to ban these games altogether or make them 18+. All because it's too much trouble to see what they're actually doing with that iPad you throw in front of them.
      - skh 8y ago
        I do not wish to live in the type of society you appear to be comfortable with. I hope your view does not prevail.
  - 8y ago