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Internal Facebook Note: Here Is A “Psychological Trick” To Target Teens

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Re: Internal Facebook Note: Here Is A “Psychological Trick” To Target Teens

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Post by reaperducer »

TomMarius wrote: post #58
Disruptive_Dave wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think OP's beef is high school vs college.

Are highschoolers considered not able to make their own decisions in the US? In my country, high school means you're 15 and up, and that means that you're basically an adult, with some exceptions (both de facto and de iure); then depending on how much you actually act as an adult, you're allowed to do things . E.g. it's possible to ask a judge to allow you to start a company; all contracts you enter are legally bindi…

Are highschoolers considered not able to make their own decisions in the US? In my country, high school means you're 15 and up, and that means that you're basically an adult

In the U.S., high school is 13+, depending on when the student was born.

Age of adulthood is 18.

Re: Internal Facebook Note: Here Is A “Psychological Trick” To Target Teens

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Post by reaperducer »

kevin_thibedeau wrote: post #32
bendoernberg wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's the case for "billion-dollar companies using neuroscience to manipulate the behavior of individuals is a moral and societal good"? Neuromarketing seems pretty straightforwardly evil to me...

Prescription drug ads do far more social harm. "This shit will fuck you up six ways from Sunday but we make a ton of money off of it so ask your doctor..."

Prescription drug ads do far more social harm.

Because one thing is more harmful doesn’t mean the other doesn’t cause harm.

Re: Internal Facebook Note: Here Is A “Psychological Trick” To Target Teens

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Post by stemuk »

It always amazes me how long Buzzfeed can hold off the actual content of the article with useless banter without seemingly losing readers. The title mentions 'a psychological trick', but delays the actual explanation of the 'trick' until the very end of the article.

Re: Internal Facebook Note: Here Is A “Psychological Trick” To Target Teens

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Post by golergka »

Articles like this make me want to switch from engineering to marketing - there's so much innovation and potential for creative solutions in this field that not may people are actually aware of.

By the way, what's Facebook Quick Promotion that they mention? Is this a special kind of ad on Facebook?

Re: Internal Facebook Note: Here Is A “Psychological Trick” To Target Teens

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Post by TomMarius »

reaperducer wrote: post #61
TomMarius wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are highschoolers considered not able to make their own decisions in the US? In my country, high school means you're 15 and up, and that means that you're basically an adult, with some exceptions (both de facto and de iure); then depending on how much you actually act as an adult, you're allowed to do things . E.g. it's possible to ask a judge to allow you to start a company; all contracts you enter are legally bindi…

Are highschoolers considered not able to make their own decisions in the US? In my country, high school means you're 15 and up, and that means that you're basically an adult In the U.S., high school is 13+, depending on when the student was born. Age of adulthood is 18.

Age of adulthood is 18 here as well, but you're a "limited adult" de iure (sorry, not exact translation, not sure how to translate correctly) between 15 and 18.

I didn't realise that US schools have lower age, though - but no one differentiates between the young ones and the older ones even though the majority should be older than 15, right?

Re: Internal Facebook Note: Here Is A “Psychological Trick” To Target Teens

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Post by fabricexpert »

reaperducer wrote: post #61
TomMarius wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are highschoolers considered not able to make their own decisions in the US? In my country, high school means you're 15 and up, and that means that you're basically an adult, with some exceptions (both de facto and de iure); then depending on how much you actually act as an adult, you're allowed to do things . E.g. it's possible to ask a judge to allow you to start a company; all contracts you enter are legally bindi…

Are highschoolers considered not able to make their own decisions in the US? In my country, high school means you're 15 and up, and that means that you're basically an adult In the U.S., high school is 13+, depending on when the student was born. Age of adulthood is 18.

I thought age of adulthood was 21 in the US? You can't drink till then or enter a lot of places alone?

Re: Internal Facebook Note: Here Is A “Psychological Trick” To Target Teens

#67

Post by Karunamon »

fabricexpert wrote: post #66
reaperducer wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are highschoolers considered not able to make their own decisions in the US? In my country, high school means you're 15 and up, and that means that you're basically an adult In the U.S., high school is 13+, depending on when the student was born. Age of adulthood is 18.

I thought age of adulthood was 21 in the US? You can't drink till then or enter a lot of places alone?

You stop being a minor at 18 for legal purposes, but there are still random restrictions on what you can do (like drinking or buying handguns) until 21.

It makes about as much sense as it sounds like.

Re: Internal Facebook Note: Here Is A “Psychological Trick” To Target Teens

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Post by znpy »

Parents, uncles and grandparents getting on Facebook and other social media is basically the end of social media for teens/youngsters.

The one true thing teens want is freedom from parents and other relatives: they mostly represent a repressive force (positive or negative is not the issue) and they want to interact with other teens freely.

Re: Internal Facebook Note: Here Is A “Psychological Trick” To Target Teens

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Post by ConceptJunkie »

Karunamon wrote: post #67
fabricexpert wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I thought age of adulthood was 21 in the US? You can't drink till then or enter a lot of places alone?

You stop being a minor at 18 for legal purposes, but there are still random restrictions on what you can do (like drinking or buying handguns) until 21. It makes about as much sense as it sounds like.

Yeah, at 18 you don't have enough sense to drink alcohol responsibly, but you are allowed to vote. This shows how little this country thinks of voting.
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