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This concept isn't useful in a scenario in which owning or associating with something has become a near-necessity. This is "revealed control." Very few teens (o
by add-sub-mul-div 2y ago
This concept isn't useful in a scenario in which owning or associating with something has become a near-necessity. This is "revealed control." Very few teens (or even adults) have the luxury of going the Stallman route.
Pet peeve, we can't stop thinking just because an idea in the past has a specious connection to now.
- scarface_74 2y agoAnd completely ignoring the other link showing how many teenagers are on various social media platforms? But according to HN, teenagers could always use an open source alternative to Android on their phone if they were so passionate about it.
- Secretmapper 2y agoThis thread honestly reminds me of that skit(?) or scene from a movie(?) where a news anchor chastised a climate scientist, because the scientist 'wore clothes that were mass produced in a factory that contributes to climate change'. I thought that scene was satire, but from this conversation thread, apparently not. 'If they were so passionate about climate change they would wear second hand clothes' Proceeds to still see how donated clothes are still a problem because of how they're processed - so see, you are still evil and hypocritical!
- scarface_74 2y agoAre you saying that teens can’t exist in society without social media? Unless you count HN as social media, currently the only social media site I’m on is LinkedIn. I don’t even participate in that unless I’m actively looking for a job. For group messaging. I use text messages and I just deleted my Reddit account.
- add-sub-mul-div 2y agoA teenager today probably feels compelled to be on social media in order to be socially relevant.