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crystal_revengeyesterday at 8:15 PM1 replyview on HN

> I'm very suspicious of the current international agreement that it's time to take action

Especially since, when you look at the behavior of younger people, they're way more careful about social media than millennials were. My teenage child an their friends keep all of their conversations in a massive but private group chat. Any social media consumed by them, is basically 'read only'. They don't post online, none of them of have social media accounts where they post pictures of themselves etc.

Same with all of my younger gen-z coworkers. If they have socials the post very selectively and all content is work friendly.

The people I see that need "protection" are aging millenials that don't really understand how wildly they're exposing themselves and families. I cringe when I see the amount of personal photos and information shared by the view millenials I know who still need their ego-boost from these platforms (and that number itself is much smaller).

Younger people don't share their opinion and anything resembling private photos online any more.


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miladyincontrolyesterday at 10:53 PM

I definitely would not agree with this and the user metrics of platforms like tiktok and instagram definitely would argue otherwise to your anecdote. Many are showing far more of an alleged window to their lives than ever before, key word being alleged as its always greatly curated in an way that oft attempts to make everything look perfect and effortless.

Absolutely are a lot of gen z who avoid social media, but to pretend most are privately hunkered away is completely ignorant of today's social media usage.