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I'm hearing social media limits described like a prisoner's dilemma: it only is good parenting if both defect. If your parents don't give you tiktok because it'
by Aachen 2y ago
I'm hearing social media limits described like a prisoner's dilemma: it only is good parenting if both defect. If your parents don't give you tiktok because it's healthier but most of the class does, you'll have a much harder time being part of the group. I got to be part of many things in different schools by being on MSN (~2012), Facebook groups (~2014, even met my life partner there due to being in the same interest group), and WhatsApp (2018). I don't use formerly-known-as-Facebook products anymore today and MSN doesn't even exist now, but in a social group you don't have a fully individual choice of platform
I agree that current evidence points towards the best parenting being where nobody lets their 12-year-old on Tiktok, but there's more to it than simply not letting them no matter the circumstances
- anon84873628 2y agoGovernment regulation is the best way to solve these sorts of multi-agent coordination dilemmas. Unfortunately we haven't been able to get youth social media use taken seriously. The TikTok ban may stem from legitimate geopolitical concerns, but I feel like we're focusing on the much smaller iceberg in our path.
- rayiner 2y agoI’m not persuaded that this social media stuff rises above moral panic. What were 12 year old girls watching when I was a kid? Dawson’s Creek? The videos my daughter watched on Tick Tock are way better than that. And she’s not into any brainless garbage like those TV shows that were common when I was that age.