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States sue Meta claiming its social platforms are addictive and harm children's mental health (apnews.com)

submitted 10 months ago by alyaza@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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[–] bermuda@beehaw.org 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I assume they're talking about Instagram which is owned by Meta.

[–] interolivary@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Well, it's not like IG is all that popular with The Kids™ either

[–] villasv@beehaw.org 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

It is. Among literal children, TikTok and YouTube wins because it's easy to consume without a real social network.

Among teenagers, though, Instagram goes hard.

Since 2014-15, TikTok has arisen; Facebook usage has dropped; Instagram, Snapchat have grown

[–] interolivary@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago

I honestly don't know how I've ended up believing teens and the early 20's had ditched IG

[–] bermuda@beehaw.org 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

That is patently false. Im 20 and everyone I knew in high school had an IG account. In college now it's a coin toss between IG and Snapchat.

[–] interolivary@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Huh, I'd somehow ended up with the belief that it'd gotten less popular with younger folks

[–] bermuda@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It got less popular as an image sharing tool. Some people (myself included) used it for photography still but most people used it as social media and for texting. A lot of people I knew had Instagram accounts with 0 posts but extensive stories and who were part of huge group chats.

[–] interolivary@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Ha, ok. I don't use IG much; I follow a few animal-related accounts and use it pretty randomly. My running joke is that the influencers I follow are all raccoons.

I wasn't even aware it has a messaging feature before a friend of mine said something like "hey I sent you a message about XYZ on Instagram, didn't you notice?" and I was like "…Instagram has messaging?" 😅

[–] bipmi@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Not to be an ass, but youre 20 so you arent one of "The Kids" anymore lmao. Youre an adult now. I think your point definitely still stands though. Im only slightly older than you and when I was in highschool virtually everyone had IG, Snapchat and Twitter. I dont talk to anyone in the highschool age bracket but I think they probably still use IG/Snap/Twitter (or X if you prefer).

[–] bermuda@beehaw.org 6 points 10 months ago

I said I'm 20 because it's been only 2 years since I experienced that. My brother who is 17 has an instagram.

p.s., saying "not to be an ass" doesn't suddenly make anything following that not sound like you being an ass.

[–] abhibeckert@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Being 20, I'd assume they have friends who are younger than them, and therefore are well and truly in touch with what "the kids" are doing.