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> Child accounts can be more locked down. But children can lie and use parent's id/phone/etc to create adult accounts. Teenagers can also use a fake ID to buy
by lolinder 3y ago
> Child accounts can be more locked down. But children can lie and use parent's id/phone/etc to create adult accounts.
Teenagers can also use a fake ID to buy alcohol, but we don't use that as an excuse for not having laws preventing children from buying alcohol.
I'm reminded of patio11's The optimal amount of fraud is non-zero [0]. It is worthwhile to have laws that are designed to substantially reduce the amount of harm done. It is also worthwhile to be aware that there is a threshold beyond which those laws would do more harm than good.
However, just because we can imagine laws beyond that threshold does not mean that our current laws are optimal. There's a delicate balance to be struck, but from the evidence that I've seen so far I'd say our laws regarding social media and children are way too far on the permissive side.
[0] https://www.bitsaboutmoney.com/archive/optimal-amount-of-fraud/ https://www.bitsaboutmoney.com/archive/optimal-amount-of-fra...
- xorbax 3y ago> we don't use that as an excuse for not having laws preventing children from buying alcohol. Listen, social media is just disrupting society like Uber disrupted taxis and Door dash disrupted food delivery. The downsides are always fine and ignorable because of the financials, and regulation is just an archaic attempt to hamper disruption We should never disrupt the forward momentum of the disruption economy, whatever the harm. Business owners will make enough money that we can soothe all harms. Later. With initiatives.
- buffington 3y ago> The downsides are always fine and ignorable because of the financials Do you sincerely believe that the downsides (which are, in the context of the forum in which you said what you just said, child abuse of all flavors) are always fine because of money? How is that even remotely defensible?
- lolinder 3y agoI'm pretty sure this is sarcasm. They just forgot /s. Poe's Law in action.
- buffington 3y agoThank you. I choose to believe you. I'd like to fall asleep tonight.
- cat_plus_plus 3y agoWell, how is War on Drugs going so far? Is it very hard to get drugs as a teen and what about the unintended side effects? Also making a purchase with precisely quantifiable ingredients is not the same thing as having a conversation where harm or benefit can be only evaluated given full context. Why do you think current laws are too little rather than too much? If personalized advertisement to children was not banned, companies would be more incentivezed to offer child accounts which are full featured enough for children to actually want to use.
- pseudosavant 3y ago> Teenagers can also use a fake ID to buy alcohol, but we don't use that as an excuse for not having laws preventing children from buying alcohol. I would expect that the checks we expect around financial transactions to buy drugs would be higher than commenting on Facebook.