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Teen Social Media Bans Miss the Point

70 points · 118 comments · eustoria

  1. nekusar · · focus · HN ↗
    The big problem with these "social media child bans", is that the capitalistic extreme-addictive experience IS harming everyone. Not just children.

    What should have been was what Cory Doctorow has pushed - forced open API integration. From there you can make your own clients, only see friends, de-gamify, chronological algorithm, etc.

    But banning children? That's a fools game. But easy for the votes, cause politicians are attacking a population who can't vote, and are disenfranchised by default.

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