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Sounds like a good way to cede the argument to the opposition and let those that do believe them make up the rules.
by shimman 2mo ago
Sounds like a good way to cede the argument to the opposition and let those that do believe them make up the rules.
- Gigachad 2mo agoEspecially when there are very obvious and tangible harms from modern social media. Either you participate and help drive privacy preserving methods to solve the problems, or someone else will solve it in a way less desirable to you.
- matheusmoreira 2mo agoBringing attention to their methods is much better than dignifying the "think of the children" nonsense with a response. You just posted the answer: > Especially when there are very obvious and tangible harms from modern social media. The addictive and manipulative dark patterns of the big techs are harmful and should be banned straight up for everyone. No need to spare the children and let adults get abused. No need to verify age at all. So why don't we just ban it? Because that'd eat into profits so much it could actually kill their business models. All this "children" bullshit is just them trying to preserve their business models. It's them saying "year we're harmful and addictive and gambling tier but look we're adult only now". This is why Meta's among the corporations lobbying for this stuff. Manipulation stops working when the other party is aware of it. Bring their manipulation out into the light.
- Gigachad 2mo agoI mean yes, we should just ban it all, but I'll take banning it for kids as a first step rather than an all or nothing where we will get nothing.
- matheusmoreira 2mo agoBanning it just for kids requires identification and is strictly worse.
- Gigachad 2mo agoIf you want it banned for everyone, ID verification doesn’t even matter since presumably you wouldn’t be on the platform anyway.
- account42 2mo agoID verification that comes with banning it for children won't be limited to Facebook and other platforms like that.
- inigyou 2mo agoConsider the ID check as a soft ban. Adults will ban themselves because they don't want to provide ID.