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YouTube's CEO limits his kids' social media use – other tech bosses do the same

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209 points pseudolus | 6 comments | 13 Dec 25 12:03 UTC | HN request time: 1.215s | source | bottom
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pj_mukh ◴[13 Dec 25 12:54 UTC] No.46254203[source]▶
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Pooge ◴[13 Dec 25 13:30 UTC] No.46254386[source]▶
Their point is that despite being the designers of such systems, they prevent their own children from using them. Akin to a drug dealer not consuming what he sells.
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hamburglar ◴[13 Dec 25 13:39 UTC] No.46254432[source]▶
Breaking: Willy Wonka execs don’t let their kids eat unlimited amount of candy.

See how uninteresting and obvious that is?

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1. conception ◴[13 Dec 25 15:47 UTC] No.46255387[source]▶
Only if your mental model equates youtube to junk food.
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2. DaSHacka ◴[14 Dec 25 01:43 UTC] No.46260105[source]▶
And yet, would that be wrong?
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3. tstrimple ◴[14 Dec 25 05:32 UTC] No.46260986[source]▶
Youtube is a grocery store. So yes, if you view everything coming out of it as junk you're ignorant and wrong.
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4. DaSHacka ◴[14 Dec 25 05:56 UTC] No.46261081{3}[source]▶
And yet, when going to a grocery store where everything is free, what content would adolescents be most likely to consume?

Your analogy was more apt than you could ever imagine.

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5. tstrimple ◴[14 Dec 25 08:07 UTC] No.46261554{4}[source]▶
I can't speak for your adolescents, but my kids make generally good decisions. I don't relate to the kids are stupid automatons with no agency or valid opinion mindset that is so prevalent with HN contributors. If your kids would only ever pick junk food, maybe that is a reflection on you more than them?
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6. DaSHacka ◴[14 Dec 25 13:06 UTC] No.46262746{5}[source]▶
I myself was recently an adolescent, and still know many adolescents myself. My take is coming from my anecdotal experience, and the behaviour I've observed from my peers. Perhaps your kids don't show that side of them in front of you? I know my peers and I certainly didn't go out of our way to advertise such activities to our parents when we were younger.