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I hope we can reach a point where there's enough research on the negative effects of social media (or more specifically which features of it e.g. scrolling vide

I hope we can reach a point where there's enough research on the negative effects of social media (or more specifically which features of it e.g. scrolling videos) that we can inform people from a young age.

callmeal 3mo ago
There is more than enough research. https://thehighwire.com/news/metas-internal-research-proves-its-platforms-are-addictive-and-harmful-still-it-targets-teens/ https://thehighwire.com/news/metas-internal-research-proves-... But nothing's going to change as long as we continue pretending that billionaires hoarding pieces of "special" paper (or numbers in a bank account) are less mentally ill than people hoarding pieces of regular paper (or other things).
- high_na_euv 3mo ago
  >But nothing's going to change as long as we continue pretending that billionaires hoarding pieces of "special" paper (or numbers in a bank account) are less mentally ill than people hoarding pieces of regular paper (or other things). Wut
  - inigyou 3mo ago
    We agreed that people have more or less power depending on this silly thing called "dollars", and because we agreed they have power, they have power. It's pretty weird how we did that even though them having so much power is massively detrimental to human civilization.
  - dexterdog 3mo ago
    He's talking about money
- qup 3mo ago
  You think billionaires are hoarders because the shares they own become worth a lot of money when they build successful companies?
  - datadrivenangel 3mo ago
    It's like playing cookie clicker except the higher your number goes up the more social status you and power you have.
    - cryptopian 3mo ago
      And like cookie clicker, once you're watching the number going up long term, it's hard for your mind to accept a point at which you have "enough".
  - TheOtherHobbes 3mo ago
    Circular definition. Number go up = "successful". A non-hoarding economy would look very different, be far more exciting and inventive, and wouldn't be staging an ecological suicide run.
- lazide 3mo ago
  If you're poor, you're crazy. If you're rich, well, you're just eccentric. Because you can pay your way, mainly.

callmeal 3mo ago

There is more than enough research. https://thehighwire.com/news/metas-internal-research-proves-its-platforms-are-addictive-and-harmful-still-it-targets-teens/ https://thehighwire.com/news/metas-internal-research-proves-... But nothing's going to change as long as we continue pretending that billionaires hoarding pieces of "special" paper (or numbers in a bank account) are less mentally ill than people hoarding pieces of regular paper (or other things).

high_na_euv 3mo ago
>But nothing's going to change as long as we continue pretending that billionaires hoarding pieces of "special" paper (or numbers in a bank account) are less mentally ill than people hoarding pieces of regular paper (or other things). Wut
- inigyou 3mo ago
  We agreed that people have more or less power depending on this silly thing called "dollars", and because we agreed they have power, they have power. It's pretty weird how we did that even though them having so much power is massively detrimental to human civilization.
- dexterdog 3mo ago
  He's talking about money
qup 3mo ago
You think billionaires are hoarders because the shares they own become worth a lot of money when they build successful companies?
- datadrivenangel 3mo ago
  It's like playing cookie clicker except the higher your number goes up the more social status you and power you have.
  - cryptopian 3mo ago
    And like cookie clicker, once you're watching the number going up long term, it's hard for your mind to accept a point at which you have "enough".
- TheOtherHobbes 3mo ago
  Circular definition. Number go up = "successful". A non-hoarding economy would look very different, be far more exciting and inventive, and wouldn't be staging an ecological suicide run.
lazide 3mo ago
If you're poor, you're crazy. If you're rich, well, you're just eccentric. Because you can pay your way, mainly.