cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/36070056
Current and former TikTok employees have raised concerns internally about how the app’s popular algorithm could hurt young users’ mental health, a newly unsealed video presented as evidence in a North Carolina lawsuit against the company shows.
Look at all us old fogeys glued to our phones. Imagine being raised off staring at phones and social media.
What’s scary is the new regime has a vested interest in poisoning our kids in this very manner, just like they are doing in our schools and libraries. It’s up to the parents to save the next generations, because they will face challenges that i don’t think any of us can really truly imagine at this point.
Seriously scared about my kids getting to be old enough to want social media. It’s already so tough trying to explain why I don’t want them watching certain YouTubers.
I honestly feel like I’m sounding crazy talking to them about all the clues that these aren’t people that they should be watching…personalities putting out content that’s objectively brain rot for kids, and obsessed with material wealth, and acting like an Influencer lifestyle is attainable and even desirable.
Teaching them about logical fallacies and how to spot them may be the best defense against these types of personalities imo. Many influencers that you’re concerned about try to prey upon these fallacies, so teaching your kids to spot them can help them to realize those people are full of shit.
Curating their content a bit to include more people you want them to be like can help as well, at least then they can have good people to look up to.
If your kids think you have their best interests in mind, I feel they’re less likely to push back and more likely to respect the boundaries you put down.
