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For example here is a recent widely cited study that did not find a statistically significant link between Facebook/Instagram and mental health outcomes, broadl

by mgraczyk 10mo ago

For example here is a recent widely cited study that did not find a statistically significant link between Facebook/Instagram and mental health outcomes, broadly miscited as having found an effect: https://ifstudies.org/ifs-admin/resources/briefs/ifs-gallup-parentingsocialmediascreentime-october2023-1.pdf https://ifstudies.org/ifs-admin/resources/briefs/ifs-gallup-... They did claim to find a very small link between TikTok/YouTube and mental health, but this seems to defy the narrative of "social" media being the culprit. YouTube was not significant if you adjust for multiple hypotheses, only TikTok

nielsbot 9mo ago
The study seems to say 1) kids with worse mental health use social media more (unhealthily) 2) parenting is (very) important Ok. Sounds about right. There is still a negative correlation with social media and mental health. So not seeing how this one paper shows we shouldn’t reasonably restrict social media. This is a conservative angle on the problem: it’s about individual choices (or individual innate fitness) not about dangerous products in society. Not sure why we should ignore the fact that people are profiting of these dangerous products. And that these are man made dangers made for profit, not wild animals that just exist in nature.
- mgraczyk 9mo ago
  Well we don't ban cigarettes But cigarettes are harmful for everyone, social media is not