[vikiomega9]

I wonder if that education should also explicitly include how likes, ads and attention are correlated. Making them understand their place in the world is good but SM is a different take on that age-old problem.

[willcipriano]

Have the kids make a post to see who can get the most likes over a week, the teacher does a lame one as well ("read books this summer!"). Nobody likes the teachers post, until the last day when teacher buys 1000 likes for the post, blowing everyone away for $5.

Now the kids know its all made up and the points don't matter.

[cauliflower2718]

Depending on the age of the kids, I wouldn't be surprised if some of the kids had bought likes, too.

[CornCobs]

Welcome to whose like is it anyway - the show where everything is made up and the points don't matter

[908B64B197]

> Now the kids know its all made up and the points don't matter.

Careful, they might start questioning whether standardized testing can be gamed as well.

[fooker]

That will be a fantastic outcome.

[egypturnash]

Honestly given the way I've heard teachers feel about those, good.