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Comment by JumpCrisscross | Hacker News Reader

The answer seems to be yes, all the way through to a dose-dependent response [1].

I'm cautious to label people as evil. But Adam Mosseri working to addict younger and younger children to the dopamine hit of ad-driven social media challenges me on that restraint.

[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6278213/

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I always say: the most qualified people in the world are currently trying to get one more second or one more interaction out of you

> most qualified people

Most qualified of the antisocial people

You are supremely qualified... (hacker news)

C-level execs of SM companies heavily limit access to these services for their own children. They know much better than the general public knows by publicly available research.

To them it's a cash cow, and who has the minds of the kids has the future. TikTok ans SnapChat specifically entered the market by attracting attention of ever younger users.

> execs of SM companies heavily limit access to these services for their own children.

Well, any responsible parent should do that actually...

Parent trying to limit addiction vs. addiction-focused megacorp, and the irresponsible one is the parent who inevitably loses?

Sure. But not every parent is that responsible. The SM companies are very big and rely on ads to fill their pockets.

I really believe we need govt to step in to protect children. For example: make it forbidden to show ads to youngsters. That will take some incentive away.

How to indicate that you are clearly not a parent.

Well if you're giving sources it would be interesting to see the source on Adam Mosseri.

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