[graemep]

> If people feel these platforms are negatively impacting them, they should stop using them.

The problem is how to stop the mob attacking you from using them.

An American equivalent might be if social media existed a 100 years ago and was being used to encourage lynchings. Yes, it really is that bad in some places.

The problem is that FB does moderate things relevant to the US but ignores the rest of the world. They will remove white supremacist material in the US, but not the equivalent elsewhere.

[satvikpendem]

The solution is in the problem, network effects. If everyone stopped using them due to deleterious effects, the problem is would solve itself.

[graemep]

Yes, but how do you get "everyone" to stop using the? I use FB purely because of network effects. I hate it, but there would be a real cost to not using it.

[satvikpendem]

What is the cost? The excuses in this entire thread are quite weak and overblown. Some people are really saying their kids should continue using these apps they know are harmful simply because they would be socially outcast otherwise, which is simply not true.

[carlosjobim]

Why do you think a lynch mob would stop using social media when they are excellent tools for them to use to organise lynchings?

[satvikpendem]

Notice how the government made lynchings illegal, not the method of communicating such actions.