4 ms·

> They are digital slot machines designed to increase usage You made me think about how when I started using the internet (early 2000s), it wasn't optimized li

> They are digital slot machines designed to increase usage You made me think about how when I started using the internet (early 2000s), it wasn't optimized like that and it was still so addictive. I can only imagine the damage it does to kids minds nowadays.

kouru225 3y ago
This feels so much like 80s parents lamenting how comic books are ruining kids minds.
- xrd 3y ago
  Do you have kids? I've got kids, and addiction to tech is a real thing. Being a parent is so so hard, and then you add this thing that is designed to trigger every impulse. Every parent I know says "I'm so glad I didn't have to raise my kids with smart phones." And, I love comic books, and this is different.
  - doubled112 3y ago
    I notice a big difference in behaviour between even old games (think SNES, PS1) and modern games. There's definitely something in the new ones.
  - j45 3y ago
    Seems like a 4 month old spicy throwaway take account. Comics of the 80s felt designed to let kids imagine a world bigger than the one they were in they had a place in a bigger world. Stan Lee has some great interviews on it.
- Dah00n 3y ago
  Except everyone knows it is true. Especially Meta, but a brave whistleblower made sure we all know. Well, at least I thought everyone know.
- j45 3y ago
  Parents lamented about comic books? Link?
  - philipswood 3y ago
    If you far enough back parents lamented chess.
    - philipswood 3y ago
      Found a link for that: https://gizmodo.com/chess-was-once-deemed-a-menace-to-society-1588675766 https://gizmodo.com/chess-was-once-deemed-a-menace-to-societ...
    - j45 3y ago
      Doubtstorming doesn’t make it legitimate or not Not really sure how the previous posts relate to social media and mobile use in children which is well established
      - philipswood 3y ago
        Agreed. My kids have restricted mobile and no social media access. But parents did use to think that comics would ruin their children - I'm responding to the disbelief in that.
  - kouru225 3y ago
    I was wrong about the era, apparently the height of the comic book scare was the late 1950s, but it continued to the end of the century as far as I remember. It's all based on this book Seduction of the Innocent: https://www.amazon.com/Seduction-Innocent-Frederic-Wertham/dp/159683000X https://www.amazon.com/Seduction-Innocent-Frederic-Wertham/d... Here's an article about it: https://slate.com/culture/2008/04/the-campaign-against-comic-books.html https://slate.com/culture/2008/04/the-campaign-against-comic... The scare went all the way to Congress. Here's a book about the history of the comic book scare: https://www.amazon.com/Ten-Cent-Plague-Comic-Book-Changed-America/dp/0312428235 https://www.amazon.com/Ten-Cent-Plague-Comic-Book-Changed-Am...
j45 3y ago
A big difference between then and now is there was more creating and much less to consume.

kouru225 3y ago

This feels so much like 80s parents lamenting how comic books are ruining kids minds.

xrd 3y ago
Do you have kids? I've got kids, and addiction to tech is a real thing. Being a parent is so so hard, and then you add this thing that is designed to trigger every impulse. Every parent I know says "I'm so glad I didn't have to raise my kids with smart phones." And, I love comic books, and this is different.
- doubled112 3y ago
  I notice a big difference in behaviour between even old games (think SNES, PS1) and modern games. There's definitely something in the new ones.
- j45 3y ago
  Seems like a 4 month old spicy throwaway take account. Comics of the 80s felt designed to let kids imagine a world bigger than the one they were in they had a place in a bigger world. Stan Lee has some great interviews on it.
Dah00n 3y ago
Except everyone knows it is true. Especially Meta, but a brave whistleblower made sure we all know. Well, at least I thought everyone know.
j45 3y ago
Parents lamented about comic books? Link?
- philipswood 3y ago
  If you far enough back parents lamented chess.
  - philipswood 3y ago
    Found a link for that: https://gizmodo.com/chess-was-once-deemed-a-menace-to-society-1588675766 https://gizmodo.com/chess-was-once-deemed-a-menace-to-societ...
  - j45 3y ago
    Doubtstorming doesn’t make it legitimate or not Not really sure how the previous posts relate to social media and mobile use in children which is well established
    - philipswood 3y ago
      Agreed. My kids have restricted mobile and no social media access. But parents did use to think that comics would ruin their children - I'm responding to the disbelief in that.
- kouru225 3y ago
  I was wrong about the era, apparently the height of the comic book scare was the late 1950s, but it continued to the end of the century as far as I remember. It's all based on this book Seduction of the Innocent: https://www.amazon.com/Seduction-Innocent-Frederic-Wertham/dp/159683000X https://www.amazon.com/Seduction-Innocent-Frederic-Wertham/d... Here's an article about it: https://slate.com/culture/2008/04/the-campaign-against-comic-books.html https://slate.com/culture/2008/04/the-campaign-against-comic... The scare went all the way to Congress. Here's a book about the history of the comic book scare: https://www.amazon.com/Ten-Cent-Plague-Comic-Book-Changed-America/dp/0312428235 https://www.amazon.com/Ten-Cent-Plague-Comic-Book-Changed-Am...

j45 3y ago

A big difference between then and now is there was more creating and much less to consume.