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[–]8bitgay 18 insightful - 1 fun18 insightful - 0 fun19 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Frankly I think it would attenuate a lot of problems.

Teens always say dumb stuff. But years ago you didn't need to interact with teens unless you're a teacher or a parent.

Now adults on social media are actually giving plataform for dumb teens. I might choose to not follow any teen on social media, but the adults I follow might be sharing posts made by dumb teens.

[–]millicentfawcett 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I had this discussion with a friend a while back. Whilst I don't think teens should be totally voiceless when it comes to politics before social media took off the adults were firmly in charge. Social media has handed teens way too much power and the politicians and companies don't realise half the time how manipulated they are. I think if a lot of adults could see the person behind the avatar they'd think twice about what they retweet/endorse. Same applies for anime girl avatars which invariably will be some balding, beardy, old dude.

[–]les4leshomonormative 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

https://4thwavenow.com/2019/03/20/tumblr-a-call-out-post/

this is a great article written by a former tumblr user about how and why tumblr's been able to screw up activism all over the world, but obviously it's an issue with all of social media. It's dangerous how normal this has all become