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Kids with phones are alright. Attention economy of social media is not. As did tabaco companies, they (soc. media tech giants) push proposals to regulate phone
by StingyJelly 2mo ago
Kids with phones are alright. Attention economy of social media is not. As did tabaco companies, they (soc. media tech giants) push proposals to regulate phone use based on age in hopes that the their information asymmetry advantage and addictive dark patterns that are the problem in the first place won't be regulated and they can keep exploiting the public held in their trap by network effect.
- aaron695 2mo ago[dead]
- novia 2mo agoFTA: "essentially punishing them for the sins of Big Tech"
- ColdStream 2mo agoAll popular systems with negative impacts will always have a claim to virtue. An extreme example, all genocides are done by people who want to set the world right. It just how they see right is warped.
- ceayo 2mo ago> all genocides are done by people who want to set the world right heh. no.
- Kiro 2mo agoAttention economy is a red herring. HN shows that you don't need to do much to be more addictive than TikTok. It's human nature.
- inigyou 2mo agoYou just need easy access to an unpredictable reward. Humans or other animals will pull the lever as much as possible to try to catch a high reward.
- marysol5 2mo ago"Updoots to the left"
- toasty228 2mo agoThe scale is completely different. It's like arguing a bomb, a gun and a knife are exactly the same thing and we shouldn't bother thinking about where we draw the legality line
- bcjdjsndon 2mo ago> Attention economy of social media is not Because of chungus memes? I think you might be over reacting there bro