Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by ceph_ 501 days ago
Yes teens are forced to use social media or miss out on interacting with and making friends.

The longitudinal facebook/Instagram study that came out a few years ago found that those who abstained felt ostracized.

You sound like a boomer who says kids don't need a phone and should just go knock on another kids door to make friends.

1 comments

Well you realize that kids aren’t on Facebook right?

And if kids hated social media so much as a group, they could just use group text messages - especially with RCS and 80% of US teens owning iPhones anyway.