I marketed on FB before ads, our first client at the social agency I worked at in 08 was nature made supplements. It was fun and interesting at the beginning, then ads rolled in and I got out of it. It turned into something like the neighborhood swimming pool where everyone was swimming in each other's... I could see it and feel it.

Since about 2012 or so I was dreaming of a simple law or something on the books that banned ads in algorithmic feeds. It would be a really easy way to stop us from getting where we are today. It certainly would have slowed down the walled gardens and shittification of the internet.

I deal with teenagers that are on this stuff now and it's a fight, constantly. They hate hearing me go on about it.

What do yall think of Snapchat b.c we just caved and let my daughter use it.

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ozim an hour ago | parent | next [-]

The worst part are other parents that don't give a shit. You wouldn't have to fight if everyone would keep their kids off socials.

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broof an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

I live with my older in laws and it’s not just affecting the younger generation. The older generation will also happily doom scroll whatever slop the algorithm feeds them. Usually not uplifting stuff…

	▲	ChrisMarshallNY 26 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Facebook is -literally- old people, screaming at each other. Younger folks find this horrifying, and no longer use Facebook. But older folks have more money. It’s just that, traditionally, older folks have been harder to manipulate through advertising, so advertisers generally target younger folks, who are more receptive to the kind of emotional games played by advertisers. Facebook, however, is a goldmine, because it can affect older folks, like advertisers can affect younger generations. I feel that the younger generation is much more cynical, and less responsive to media manipulation, than people give them credit for. As an older person, though, I see my peers being led around like a dog at Westminster. It’s kind of embarrassing, frankly.
	▲	petesergeant 15 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		All for a maximum age for social media usage too