Should be banned for under 40s and over 70s really...

Also ban giving toddlers iPads with YouTube.

elictronic 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I’m over 40 and this trash works on addicting someone like me just fine. Social media companies went full Icarus and I couldn’t be happier watching the wax run.

How do you invest in ad companies that ran ad campaigns for smoking companies.

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marliechiller 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

hah - 50 year olds have been amongst the worst offenders from what I've experienced. The only generation that I can see that hasnt completely fallen is the generation that were young adults just around the time facebook first released, i.e Millenials. They grew up with the internet but werent enslaved to it like the generation after (Gen Z). Meanwhile the generation above (Gen X) didnt have the survival instincts fostered whilst growing up with the internet so fall foul of all sorts of fake news pieces etc

	▲	foobiekr 6 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Millennials are by far the most FOMO/social media addicted generation there is. I have watched so many of them blow up their lives over stupid shit they saw online.
	▲	varjag 7 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I disagree, the brainrot is about the same across generations. People have a slight bias to reporting their generation as being more resistant though.

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djyde 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

We all have a day when we'll be over 70, I wonder if you'll still think the same way then?

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quickthrowman 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The only people with a relatively healthy outlook on modern socia media (by this I mean not using it) and ability to detect bullshit are a slice of Millenials that grew up on the pseudonymous internet that transitioned into the real name public internet, birth years from early 80s to early 90s mostly. Before or after that, Gen X were already adults and Gen Z grew up (became teens) with Snapchat/Instagram already existing.

Outside of this group (which happens to be my peer group) I see a noticeable drop in media literacy and ability to detect bullshit, but that may just be a blind spot for me since I’m part of the aforementioned Millenial group.