>I dislike Facebook as much as any HN poster, but I can say that the Facebook Messenger for Kids app has been...surprisingly good. That opener and the glowing

>I dislike Facebook as much as any HN poster, but I can say that the Facebook Messenger for Kids app has been...surprisingly good. That opener and the glowing comment that follows are pretty strange. It's essentially, "I hate Facebook too, but in spite of hating it, I give their product to my kids and (effectively) here are all the reasons you should consider giving it to your kids too." Maybe we dislike Facebook for different reasons, but I believe most (including myself) would point to something along the lines of their horrible business practices and privacy abuses. This is not a per-app thing. It's their approach to everything and, really, the entire point of their ecosystem (of which your kids are now a part). So, whether or not they can make an app "safe" from outside predators, I have zero interest in feeding my kids to the Facebook machine. I'm not trying to be on the attack here, but it frustrates me as a parent to see another parent promoting this stuff in the name of convenience (or whatever) when they also know it's awful. Ultimately, when enough parents approve and enough kids are using it, then other parents are left to make the awful choice between also feeding their kids to the machine or allowing them to be socially isolated to some extent. When do we take a stand? Or, at a minimum, maybe don't help Facebook promote it?