> I feel like the people who discuss social media policies are people who don't even use it. Many of the people discussing regulating the fossil fuels industry

> I feel like the people who discuss social media policies are people who don't even use it. Many of the people discussing regulating the fossil fuels industry are people outside of it: when you aren't directly benefiting from a system, it is easier to see what its externalities are. > I know many who benefit (socially and/or financially) from tiktok, instagram, etc. Again, this fails to factor in the externalities to people off the platform (or even the harms to other people on the platform). The cost benefit analysis can't just look at the people who actively use (and benefit) from something; if you had asked only people who worked in the refrigerator/aerosol industries in the 70s whether CFCs were a bad thing, you'd get a pretty skewed answer. See also: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." - Upton Sinclair