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“How did we ever let Instagram and TikTok become a large part of the lives of so many eleven-year-olds?” And yet again, YouTube somehow escapes scrutiny. Funny

“How did we ever let Instagram and TikTok become a large part of the lives of so many eleven-year-olds?” And yet again, YouTube somehow escapes scrutiny. Funny how that always seems to happen.

fartcannon 5y ago
I think it's that YouTube can be a nutritious meal (even though its frequently not), where as Instagram and Tiktok are both almost always McDonald's (with a few exceptions). Either that, or YouTube runs a better PR campaign, I guess.
- throwawayboise 5y ago
  There is definitely good, educational content on YouTube. A lot of garbage as well, so... I've never used Instagram or Tiktok so can't comment.
- selwynii 5y ago
  I hazard a guess it's the PR campaign. YouTube Kids does not look like it's anywhere near successful as it should be yet they didn't get article after article yelling at them like Instagram did.
- Larrikin 5y ago
  I think it's more that the adults that are complaining know about nutritional content on YouTube and don't know about it on the newer platforms. I'm sure there were people complaining about YouTube being nothing but trash when the easiest things to find on the platform were car accident videos and pirated Family Guy clips and you had to spend more than a few minutes on the platform to find the interesting content.
ok123456 5y ago
it's weird how many people's parents have been radicalized by youtube, yet tiktok is the problem.
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creato 5y ago
The full context: > His real concern were platforms that are specifically engineered to “keep the child’s eyes glued to the screen for as long as possible in a never-ending stream of social comparison and validation-seeking from strangers”—platforms that see the user as the product, not the customer. “How did we ever let Instagram and TikTok become a large part of the lives of so many eleven-year-olds?” he asked. How are you surprised by this? YouTube is an entirely passive platform for the vast majority of its users. It wouldn't have a lot of the problems being talked about in this article because of that.
- jay_kyburz 5y ago
  I don't use Insta or Tick Tock so I can really compare them, but I know YouTube is constantly trying to push junk in front of my kids. We have a YouTube time limit here at home and I often login to the kids accounts to prune their subscriptions and attempt to block the most egregious morons.
  - creato 5y ago
    Yes, there's lots of garbage on YouTube, but it's still "passive garbage" for most people. It's the equivalent of parents limiting cartoons for their kids when TV was the popular medium. This article isn't about that, it's about the impact of more interactive platforms, which have the potential to affect people much more deeply.
    - notacoward 5y ago
      > This article isn't about that Questionable. It purports to ask a question, to which both active and passive use are relevant, then focuses on only one of those. Selective presentation is itself a kind of bias.
- dustintrex 5y ago
  There are actually a lot of kids posting random stuff on YouTube, many of them well under the notional limit of 13.
- 5y ago

“How did we ever let Instagram and TikTok become a large part of the lives of so many eleven-year-olds?” And yet again, YouTube somehow escapes scrutiny. Funny how that always seems to happen.

fartcannon 5y ago

I think it's that YouTube can be a nutritious meal (even though its frequently not), where as Instagram and Tiktok are both almost always McDonald's (with a few exceptions). Either that, or YouTube runs a better PR campaign, I guess.

throwawayboise 5y ago
There is definitely good, educational content on YouTube. A lot of garbage as well, so... I've never used Instagram or Tiktok so can't comment.
selwynii 5y ago
I hazard a guess it's the PR campaign. YouTube Kids does not look like it's anywhere near successful as it should be yet they didn't get article after article yelling at them like Instagram did.
Larrikin 5y ago
I think it's more that the adults that are complaining know about nutritional content on YouTube and don't know about it on the newer platforms. I'm sure there were people complaining about YouTube being nothing but trash when the easiest things to find on the platform were car accident videos and pirated Family Guy clips and you had to spend more than a few minutes on the platform to find the interesting content.

ok123456 5y ago

it's weird how many people's parents have been radicalized by youtube, yet tiktok is the problem.

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creato 5y ago

The full context: > His real concern were platforms that are specifically engineered to “keep the child’s eyes glued to the screen for as long as possible in a never-ending stream of social comparison and validation-seeking from strangers”—platforms that see the user as the product, not the customer. “How did we ever let Instagram and TikTok become a large part of the lives of so many eleven-year-olds?” he asked. How are you surprised by this? YouTube is an entirely passive platform for the vast majority of its users. It wouldn't have a lot of the problems being talked about in this article because of that.

jay_kyburz 5y ago
I don't use Insta or Tick Tock so I can really compare them, but I know YouTube is constantly trying to push junk in front of my kids. We have a YouTube time limit here at home and I often login to the kids accounts to prune their subscriptions and attempt to block the most egregious morons.
- creato 5y ago
  Yes, there's lots of garbage on YouTube, but it's still "passive garbage" for most people. It's the equivalent of parents limiting cartoons for their kids when TV was the popular medium. This article isn't about that, it's about the impact of more interactive platforms, which have the potential to affect people much more deeply.
  - notacoward 5y ago
    > This article isn't about that Questionable. It purports to ask a question, to which both active and passive use are relevant, then focuses on only one of those. Selective presentation is itself a kind of bias.
dustintrex 5y ago
There are actually a lot of kids posting random stuff on YouTube, many of them well under the notional limit of 13.
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