• schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.deOPM
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      7 days ago

      And all other parts of this are very, very stupid too.

      At hardly any prior time have children/teenagers been such a small share of the population of western countries as they are now. So whatever problems there are that concern children/teenagers, they are much less relevant than they may once have been.

      Mainstream social media is ultimately part of the advertising industry. Minors generally don’t have a lot of money to spend on anything advertised on it; so social media companies don’t have a single rational reason to target minors especially more than adults. Minors are one of the least lucrative advertising targets in the world.

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        7 days ago

        Minors are targeted to influence purchasing behaviour of their parents and family, and are most influential.

        For brands it’s a way to corner a next generation.

        Sorry but it’s a bad take.