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Socialising. Same benefit I drew from playing video games with my friends when I was in school. (Though, to be a bit pedantic about it, kids don't use Facebook

by gms 1mo ago

Socialising. Same benefit I drew from playing video games with my friends when I was in school. (Though, to be a bit pedantic about it, kids don't use Facebook.)

pmontra 1mo ago
I did my socializing in real life but I guess that if kids are not allowed to get out anymore, they must do it with screens.
- gms 1mo ago
  It’s not mutually exclusive. If you interact with kids today you’ll see that they do both, just like I did with video games and in-person meeting. They’re still human beings.
alkonaut 1mo ago
Yeah they use snapchat and TikTok, with a sprinkle of instagram. The problem with these are: they offer two features 1) a social feature. You can send DM:s or comment your friends picture of an ice cream 2) Brain-rot algorithmic short-form video feeds where even the most aware adult can easily get lost for hours. I think this is calculated. If the social vs feed thing were two different apps, parents could easily just allow one and block the other. But now in order to stop the brainrot, I also need to block them from the social bit. I wonder if there is any way to set up a firewall so you block the instagram shorts feeds, tiktok video, snapchat random vids ,etc but still allow snapchat messaging?
- sajithdilshan 1mo ago
  If someone can create an extension or some other way to block shorts from youtube, reels from instagram I can imagine people would even pay for it
  - alkonaut 1mo ago
    Should be possible with a physical firewall (rule in router, pi-hole, whatever) right? It's not a sellable solution but still... I hope that these fines and the rules on "algorithmic content" will perhaps make this possible to control at the iOS family settings level.
edg5000 1mo ago
I bet a lot of time goes into scrolling reels, instagram, tiktok and youtube shorts. That's leisure, but not social. Of course you can send people messages and comment on things, but I suspect only a small minorty of the time goes there. Like socializing at a casino.

by gms 1mo ago

Socialising. Same benefit I drew from playing video games with my friends when I was in school. (Though, to be a bit pedantic about it, kids don't use Facebook.)

pmontra 1mo ago

I did my socializing in real life but I guess that if kids are not allowed to get out anymore, they must do it with screens.

gms 1mo ago
It’s not mutually exclusive. If you interact with kids today you’ll see that they do both, just like I did with video games and in-person meeting. They’re still human beings.

alkonaut 1mo ago

Yeah they use snapchat and TikTok, with a sprinkle of instagram. The problem with these are: they offer two features 1) a social feature. You can send DM:s or comment your friends picture of an ice cream 2) Brain-rot algorithmic short-form video feeds where even the most aware adult can easily get lost for hours. I think this is calculated. If the social vs feed thing were two different apps, parents could easily just allow one and block the other. But now in order to stop the brainrot, I also need to block them from the social bit. I wonder if there is any way to set up a firewall so you block the instagram shorts feeds, tiktok video, snapchat random vids ,etc but still allow snapchat messaging?

sajithdilshan 1mo ago
If someone can create an extension or some other way to block shorts from youtube, reels from instagram I can imagine people would even pay for it
- alkonaut 1mo ago
  Should be possible with a physical firewall (rule in router, pi-hole, whatever) right? It's not a sellable solution but still... I hope that these fines and the rules on "algorithmic content" will perhaps make this possible to control at the iOS family settings level.

edg5000 1mo ago

I bet a lot of time goes into scrolling reels, instagram, tiktok and youtube shorts. That's leisure, but not social. Of course you can send people messages and comment on things, but I suspect only a small minorty of the time goes there. Like socializing at a casino.