• schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de
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    27 days ago

    How do these people look at themselves in the mirror and think they are looking at a good person???

    Isolating young people from, in many cases, their only way to participate in communities of people they have anything in common with is supposed to be good for them? Reduce suicide rates?

    Even disregarding the privacy problems, it’s just an evil idea in the first place. The Internet is exactly (!) where young people belong.

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      26 days ago

      If we were talking about the internet of 2005 I would agree but sadly that’s not the internet we have today.

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        26 days ago

        And are we going to get closer to the Internet of 2005 by adding government regulation?

        I agree with you that today’s commercial “social media” isn’t great and probably does cause psychological harm to at least some young people.

        But any government regulation will only serve to make sure no one can build any forum or platform without enough revenue to cover compliance costs.

        • ironycanal@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          26 days ago

          Wow just burning down the forest for the trees. We need to impose these controls to have control. How do you expect anything to get better without us, the people who have always been in charge of this beautiful thriving world, in charge of the internet too?