When facing off against an army of ML engineers and psychologists?
It is obvious that even adults are suffering negative consequences from social media, and if it isn't obvious, take a look at any of the studies showing the negative impact on adults of social media usage.
Every single consumer is outmatched. The only winning choice is to not play at all.
> Every single consumer is outmatched. The only winning choice is to not play at all.
If someone can't handle their social media usage, you're right that they should stay away.
But this idea that "every single consumer" can't handle it is patently false. The vast majority of social media users aren't completely sucked in to their apps and phones. The time spent on platform graph for every platform has a long tail where the addicts reside, but most people just don't get in that deep.
It can seem that way when you're surrounded by addicts or, more commonly, when your social interaction comes primarily through social media (because addicts are over-represented, obviously). However, what you're missing is all of the people who aren't engaged in social media all day every day.
While I 100% agree with these statements, I still think children should take priority and are more vulnerable than the vulnerable adults. Eventually this whole dark pattern enterprise should be stopped. I see it spread its tentacles towards children and children who are compromise so early in their development may be damaged too much to be able to have a full recovery.
It is obvious that even adults are suffering negative consequences from social media, and if it isn't obvious, take a look at any of the studies showing the negative impact on adults of social media usage.
Every single consumer is outmatched. The only winning choice is to not play at all.