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My nephews were showing me how kids in their school were using Google Docs comments as a social network. Point being, humans are highly adaptive creatures. You
by pookeh 3y ago
My nephews were showing me how kids in their school were using Google Docs comments as a social network.
Point being, humans are highly adaptive creatures. You have to cut the source.
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- viraptor 3y agoI don't see it as an issue. The bad part of social networks is feeding you never ending crap. If kids want to talk to each other... what's the issue with that? We had phone calls and party lines and passing notes before. (Or letters for those who were into that) They were as much a social network as Google doc comments.
- zo1 3y agoIt's the feed that allows them access to public posts that is a big problem. Let's start with children accounts where the feed is restricted to friends / followed accounts and only in chronological order. As I type this, I realize this is exactly what a lot of us have been saying should be done for adults too. And why is it that all social media either moves towards this nebulous endless feed or actively pushes it. Very telling.
- viraptor 3y ago> Let's start with children accounts where the feed is restricted to friends / followed accounts and only in chronological order. That's basically an instant messenger which supports groups.
- super256 3y agoThat sounds like hacker spirit :)
- lostlogin 3y ago> kids in their school were using Google Docs They haven’t bottomed out yet, they still have Teams.
- tomjen3 3y agoThat seems fine. Nothing wrong with social networks with you friends. Everything wrong with for profit social networks with algorithms designed to suck you in and share the worst of humanity.