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



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.


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.


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


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




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