[mfrw]

Previous Years:

- 2025: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42490343

- 2024: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38777115

- 2023: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34125628

- 2022: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29746236

- 2021: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25594068

- 2020: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21802596

- 2019: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18753859

- 2018: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16007988

- 2016: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10809767

- 2015: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8822723

- 2014: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6994370

- 2012: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3395201

- 2011: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1970023

- 2010: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1025681

- 2009: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=416530

[yen223]

Read the 2025 prediction thread for some perspective.

(Hope you didn't stake your retirement on bitcoin hitting $200,000!)

[Imustaskforhelp]

>>> There are even more restrictions aimed at stopping kids using social media. Restrictions on phone use in schools, who can sign up for social media, etc..

Additionally, that it'll eventually prove to be a wild success, with significant benefit to kids.

On the darker side, the same technologies and restrictions will be applied in various ways to adults (similar to the porn verification laws), which will have significantly more negative effects.

(source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42490517)

There are some correct predictions it seems, a lot of this is happening around the world so it would be interesting to see how this pans out in 2026, thoughts?

[nrhrjrjrjtntbt]

> There are even more restrictions aimed at stopping kids using social media.

I dont recall if the Australia ban was on the cards then.

[yen223]

The act passed federal parliament late 2024. It already existed in the state of South Australia before that.