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You forgot Snap.
by josephd79 3y ago
You forgot Snap.
- hulitu 3y agoAnd Google, and Microsoft and ...
- xbar 3y agoI will assume sarcasm. For sake of not letting a bogus argument go unanswered: Google and Microsoft offer generic tools that have very broad social benefit outside the monetization of user data. That said, I would prefer it if the FTC would address data monetization practices at all tech companies--it is a fine business model, but it is troublesome as a necessary addition to my spreadsheet or the operating system for my desktop/laptop/phone-sized computer.
- MyelinatedT 3y agoSnap is more of a messaging app afaict. I'm pretty sure the biggest harms from social media come from algorithmic targeting of content, echo chamber creation, and the ability to hugely amplify fringe opinions and destabilise debate. If your only concern is data handling, though, then fair enough.
- josephd79 3y agoI do not use Snap but I'm pretty sure it has algo delivered content as well, just like Tiktok and insta.
- a13o 3y agoChildren become addicted to Snapchat streaks and their peers in school shun them socially based on whether they have big streaks with popular kids or not. It's like Lord of the Flies mixed with an episode of Black Mirror. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/lets-talk-tween/201703/caution-your-tween-may-be-stressing-over-snap-streaks https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/lets-talk-tween/2017...
- fiveeveralone 3y agoIs the social pressure for kids to be popular somehow new or?
- a13o 3y agoDo you rephrase my comment reductively because you're okay with corporations monetizing children via addictive dark patterns, in defiance of recommendations from child psychologists? or
- a13o 3y agohttps://www.apa.org/topics/social-media-internet/health-advisory-adolescent-social-media-use https://www.apa.org/topics/social-media-internet/health-advi...
- thisgoesnowhere 3y agoI thought snap was passe now that tik tok is around.