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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 | 1 comments | 13 Dec 25 12:03 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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mattgreenrocks ◴[13 Dec 25 12:40 UTC] No.46254143[source]▶
All ages benefit from time-limited exposure to social media. We have a term for it now: brainrot. Fully convinced it is the cigarettes of our generation: ubiquitous enough to be pervasive despite negative externalities.
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1. Zambyte ◴[13 Dec 25 16:13 UTC] No.46255602[source]▶
I don't think this is what you really meant, but the way this is worded I strongly disagree. What you wrote implies everyone should be exposed to social media, just in a limited fashion. No exposure is still an option that would probably be ideal for most people.

I do strongly agree with the cigarette analogy though. I have actually said before that I think we would all be better off if social media use was both legally and socially treated like smoking. (Not to say I think we should be age gating websites because that opens a whole other can of worms, but it would probably be better for societal mental health if we did).