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[–] 36 points 3 months ago* (2 children)

The intentions are good.

As if, state surveillance is not a good intention. If it was really about protecting minors, there are many more useful and less invasive measures that haven't been taken yet. And why only minors, anyway? Most social media platforms are harmful and predatory for adults, too.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    Which other measures would be a good idea?

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    The most effective measure is to forbid "algorithms" to show content

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago

    Forbid (personally) targetted advertising and half job is done. Suddenly user data lose a lots if value and most dark patterns are centered around the gold that is the data. That said algo should be forbidden too, I agree with you. Or at last opt-in with warning like the ones on cigarettes (algorithms cause harm to your brain).

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago
    1. Make continuous scrolling in social media illegal.
    2. Make a setting mandatory which (when active) only shows posts from the people you follow. That should stop the attention seeking crap that appears in everyone's feed. The user didn't ask for random information, they want info on the people they follow.
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