HEADLINES: 2026

[Rigby5]

I've seen a number of questions on other boards asking what people think about age restrictions for the use of social media and I keep asking how they're expected to enforce them. Still no answer.

About the only solution I can think of is that phone makers could create a limited phone marketed towards parents to buy for children?

But I am not really sure what would be best?
It would not be that hard to sell a restricted a phone so it could not load any internet browser at all?
But eventually they will need to learn about how to deal with the internet, and maybe the sooner the better?

 

[Shiftless2]

About the only solution I can think of is that phone makers could create a limited phone marketed towards parents to buy for children?

But I am not really sure what would be best?
It would not be that hard to sell a restricted a phone so it could not load any internet browser at all?
But eventually they will need to learn about how to deal with the internet, and maybe the sooner the better?

I think most people use their computers to access social media. I know I do (at least most of the time).

And that puts the onus on the parent to choose what sort of hardware to buy for their kids so that doesn't address what Youtube or Meta should do. Actually "can do".

 

[Rigby5]

I think most people use their computers to access social media. I know I do (at least most of the time).

And that puts the onus on the parent to choose what sort of hardware to buy for their kids so that doesn't address what Youtube or Meta should do. Actually "can do".

Being "old school", I always used the computer with its large screen, mouse, easy keyboard, etc.
But most younger people seem to prefer the cellphone because they can stay on it constantly, no matter where they are going to or have to be.
I dislike cellphones myself, and rarely use it.

 

[sear]

"I think most people use their computers to access social media. I know I do (at least most of the time)." S2 #142

Please forgive the TAN, is CitizenVoice.us "social media"? It's not Facebook, or etc.
but where do we draw the line?
I consider CV.us to be a welcoming rest-stop on the infotainment superhighway,
a public square in our global village where ideas can be publicly scrutinized for benefit of posters & lurkers alike.
I know what CV.us is.
I just don't know if the "social media" definition fits.

"I dislike cellphones myself, and rarely use it." R5 #143

R5 for the U.S. senate from Hell YEAH! USA !

 

[sear]

The law court rulings now have acknowledged in law what technicians have long understood:
- Zuckerbird, & others make their $Billions by keeping eyes on screens for as long as possible,
and have designed their software for that purpose.

These rulings not only identify the problem, but point the accusatory finger.

"I've seen a number of questions on other boards asking what people think about age restrictions for the use of social media and I keep asking how they're expected to enforce them. Still no answer." S2 #140

That's an essential issue, but a separate issue.
More than one approach, but among them, an engineering solution, either hardware, or software.

[sear ramble] In 2017 my eternally charming sweetheart from 5th grade and I were on Route 2 (as God is my witness!) toward Burlington, VT.
We were "catching up" when I said to her: "... the fabulous thing about engineering problems is, they have engineering solutions." sear

I haven't heard from her since. [/sear ramble]