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by true_religion 1661 days ago
> And even if you ban them from using ALL meta product. They will still be hooked to something else.

I hope I'm not misrepresenting your argument with this analogy, but it seems like you're saying "Don't ban heroin. Kids will still get hooked on weed!"

It's okay to ban the worst offenders and carefully regulate the 'market'.

With a free and open market, billions of dollars of investment, and thousands of smart minds working over at Facebook, it's quite possible that things will get worse if there's no regulation.
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ksec 1661 days ago
>"Don't ban heroin. Kids will still get hooked on weed!"

Except I can see zero good about heroin, while social Media ( inclusive of instant messengers ) have their own good. So it is not as clear cut.

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gls2ro 1661 days ago
It really depends what do you mean by Social Media.

For example I define Chat as a different category then Social Media.

How do you define Social Media and what is the value (or good) they add that is unique to these platforms?

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