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I can’t get behind a ban because we’re fighting an unstoppable force: the connected future. This is the world we live in and kids will have to “evolve” to their

I can’t get behind a ban because we’re fighting an unstoppable force: the connected future. This is the world we live in and kids will have to “evolve” to their new environment. I think parents and schools need to change the role they play.

dyauspitr 2y ago
Nothing unstoppable about it. It’s about as straightforward and controlling access to tobacco or alcohol.
- sneak 2y ago
  Or marijuana or cocaine. It’s super easy for the government to deny access to things people want by fiat, as evidenced by the fact that nobody does cocaine anymore.
  - voidUpdate 2y ago
    Sadly I can confirm that people still do cocaine
    - dyauspitr 2y ago
      But not 96% of people and not 99.5% regularly.
ysavir 2y ago
What changes are you recommending?
- kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 2y ago
  Kids are looking for community. Connections with other people who they share experiences with (and can make more experiences together). They're looking for others who see the world the way they do. The solution is more face to face time with other families on a regular basis. Replace Facebook with actual faces.
pineaux 2y ago
This is not true. We have a technological tool to block all of that connected future if we want to. It's called "government" and it can even choose to destroy all landlines, jam all satellite signals en fire Rockets at satellites that want to fly over their land while connecting to people on the ground. This IS an option. Maybe not the best or simplest...
mrweasel 2y ago
> I think parents and schools need to change the role they play. It's not that I directly disagree, but honestly I don't think parents and schools have much of a fighting chance against companies like TikTok, SnapChat YouTube or Facebook. We need to create rules that prevent companies from employing addictive algorithms which locks users in cycles of endless mind numbing doom scrolling. Once the social media companies have changed their "algorithms" and recommendation engines or removed them entirely, then we can start talking about what parents and schools can do.

dyauspitr 2y ago

Nothing unstoppable about it. It’s about as straightforward and controlling access to tobacco or alcohol.

sneak 2y ago
Or marijuana or cocaine. It’s super easy for the government to deny access to things people want by fiat, as evidenced by the fact that nobody does cocaine anymore.
- voidUpdate 2y ago
  Sadly I can confirm that people still do cocaine
  - dyauspitr 2y ago
    But not 96% of people and not 99.5% regularly.

ysavir 2y ago

What changes are you recommending?

kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 2y ago
Kids are looking for community. Connections with other people who they share experiences with (and can make more experiences together). They're looking for others who see the world the way they do. The solution is more face to face time with other families on a regular basis. Replace Facebook with actual faces.

pineaux 2y ago

This is not true. We have a technological tool to block all of that connected future if we want to. It's called "government" and it can even choose to destroy all landlines, jam all satellite signals en fire Rockets at satellites that want to fly over their land while connecting to people on the ground. This IS an option. Maybe not the best or simplest...

mrweasel 2y ago

> I think parents and schools need to change the role they play. It's not that I directly disagree, but honestly I don't think parents and schools have much of a fighting chance against companies like TikTok, SnapChat YouTube or Facebook. We need to create rules that prevent companies from employing addictive algorithms which locks users in cycles of endless mind numbing doom scrolling. Once the social media companies have changed their "algorithms" and recommendation engines or removed them entirely, then we can start talking about what parents and schools can do.