The TikTok documents: Stripping teens and boosting 'attractive' people

Post by gitaarik » Mon, Oct 14, 2024, 5:22 AM UTC

winterbloom wrote: post #22

nkrisc wrote: post #19

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My kid is 7. He has a Linux desktop he can use whenever he wants with no internet access from his user account. My wife and I abandoned all social media and we’ll probably get him a dumb phone when the time comes. I’ve heard the stuff some of his friends with more internet permissive parents parrot from YouTube and stuff and honestly it’s frightening. As for the good stuff that’s actually out there, I download for co…

If you do that, your kid won't fit in and will be a social outcast

Post by skylurk » Mon, Oct 14, 2024, 5:49 AM UTC

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nashashmi wrote: post #54

I believe the lawsuit brought by the states against TikTok is a part of a broader mission to arrest control over TikTok in the US at a sweeter price. And while I don’t think TikTok is an angel, i see the whole consolidated effort at “taming” TikTok as being for show and claim of positive reformations. It’s disingenuous. It’s deceptive. It’s conspiratorial.

This won't be popular opinion but I think the tech industry is out of control with targeting kids. Like seriously my job in the banking industry was more ethical than this.

Post by nicbou » Mon, Oct 14, 2024, 6:51 AM UTC

rurban wrote: post #94

Geeek wrote: post #15

I am obviously a bit early, as my oldest is only 7, but my wife and I decided to force ourselves to delay getting our kids (7 & 4) their own media device, such as an iPad and go straight to a laptop when it becomes a necessity in school. My 7 year old, with immense attention issues, is obsessed with reading and being creative, I could not imagine her being at her reading level if she had an iPad or some other form of…

In Germany kids get it at 13

Post by asdf000333 » Mon, Oct 14, 2024, 7:06 AM UTC

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vundercind wrote: post #56

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A definition of “social media” that includes HN has been stretched to the point of uselessness. We would have to invent a new term to refer to the things we actually mean by “social media”. Better to just not do that so we can keep having a useful term.

Alright, let's use an actual definition: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/social_media says, > (uncountable) Applications or websites allowing users to share content and communicate with one another via the Internet. and HN: [x] is a website [x] allowing users to share content [x] allowing users communicate [x] via the internet Perhaps you should invent a new term for whatever you're talking about? Depending on what yo…

Post by djhn » Mon, Oct 14, 2024, 7:25 AM UTC

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Curious how tech-oriented parents here are approaching TikTok et al with their kids. My kid isn't walking yet, but for when the time comes, I'm not sure how I'll limit exposure to what I'd call "pure trash", but also give them freedom and the ability to 'fit in' with (inevitably) the rest of their friends using this stuff.

> but also give them freedom and the ability to 'fit in' with (inevitably) the rest of their friends using this stuff. I teach fifth grade at an upscale private school. None of the children in my homeroom have cell phones; one has an apple watch. I think more parents are becoming aware of the problem, which in turn makes social pressure less of an issue.