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Related: Does anyone know of any studies that actually isolates social media as harmful to well being? Time spent on social media is a poor indicator given that
by trentgreene 5y ago
Related: Does anyone know of any studies that actually isolates social media as harmful to well being? Time spent on social media is a poor indicator given that it could be valuable escapism. Like any comparison of kids who have _no_ exposure to social media, but share otherwise identical socio-economic situations?
- aaronbrethorst 5y agoDo you mean besides Facebook’s own internal research that shows it’s harmful? It seems like their employees would know best, since they have access to the most data. https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/facebook-knows-instagram-is-toxic-for-teen-girls-company-documents-show-11631620739 https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/facebook-knows-instagram-is...
- trentgreene 5y agoTBH, having worked in big companies, I don't really trust the quality of their research without really thinking through it myself -- is there a non-paywall version of that article that has specifics about what the data showed? More direct to your question: Not necessarily anything more than their research, but something that details what specifically their research shows and what those research methods were? FWIW: I did end up finding a nonpaywall version, and the research wasn't super reliable / great. They asked people specifically how instagram made them feel, which is subject to a lot of biases and not a solid objective indicator. I understand it may be the best we do, but that's not a great reason to trust it.
- aaronbrethorst 5y agohttps://lmgtfy.app/?q=instagram+harmful+teenage+girls https://lmgtfy.app/?q=instagram+harmful+teenage+girls
- skinnymuch 5y agoThe data is based on asking people things. It’s not scientific. Repeatedly pointing out this as an easy gotcha against FB is not helping. It makes attacks on FB appear to lack real merit and authenticity.