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I highly doubt that Reddit per se has any significant effect whatsoever—which is not to say that it can't be an instance of the overarching platforms that cause
by Mordisquitos 4y ago
I highly doubt that Reddit per se has any significant effect whatsoever—which is not to say that it can't be an instance of the overarching platforms that cause the phenomenon.
The reason I'm disregarding Reddit as a significant cause is threefold:
a) Reddit is overwhelmingly male, and the most affected group are teenage girls
b) Reddit is not that big of a platform in the teenage demographic
c) Even if it were, its popularity is not in any way homogeneous across countries. If Reddit itself had an effect, the USA would be much more affected by the phenomenon than the UK, for instance.
- jwineinger 4y agoDo you have sources for the first two?
- Mordisquitos 4y agoI was speaking mostly based on intuitions, but here are two quick sources I found which illustrate it: a) Reddit is overwhelmingly male: - Distribution of Reddit users by gender: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1255182/distribution-of-users-on-reddit-worldwide-gender/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1255182/distribution-of-... b) Reddit is not that big of a platform in the teenage demographic: - Distribution of Reddit app users by age group: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1125159/reddit-us-app-users-age/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1125159/reddit-us-app-us... - Popularity of Reddit in teenagers as compared to other social media platforms: https://www.statista.com/statistics/250172/social-network-usage-of-us-teens-and-young-adults/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/250172/social-network-us...
- shrimp_emoji 4y ago> Reddit is overwhelmingly male What isn't?