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When we consider how much time young people spend on social media, negative news content may have a bad impact. And those already psychologically vulnerable may be particularly susceptible to the ill effects of a constant stream of negative news. This is because stress responses are often accentuated in those already suffering from symptoms of anxiety, depression and other mental illnesses.
So, it is encouraging to see some technology companies proactively showing concern about their users' mental health. For example, Twitter is teaming up with the youth mental health organisation ReachOut to provide resources to help young people learn about the possible negative impacts of social media, so they won't be overly consumed by it and know how to cope if they are.
This is a good start – Twitter is making more information available. But it can do more, and Twitter shouldn't be the only one doing it.
Yes, I'm certain this is exactly what is needed. Much better idea than shutting your Twitter app.
Source: The Conversation
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 02 2017, @04:43PM (20 children)
Down with the nanny state.
Oh wait, private corporations. What say you libertarians? Shouldn't they be free to shape young user's traffic since they aren't the gov? The market will sort it out if it is undesired right?
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday June 02 2017, @05:02PM (16 children)
That's where running stories about it so they have to deal with the negative consequences comes in.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 02 2017, @05:56PM (15 children)
I'm calling that bluff. Only a small minority of users will actually care, most will be on the side of more features to "think of the children" and a few on the fence will not care enough. Can we all just admit that market capture is a very real phenomena and you can't rely on the average person to be educated, informed, and to care enough to actually make these market corrections?
In an ideal world it would be great! But hey, so would hippy communes.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday June 02 2017, @06:51PM (14 children)
No. I prefer to treat my fellow human beings like they are rational and capable of running their own lives. That the difference between a progressive(fascist) and a libertarian(liberal).
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 02 2017, @07:17PM (9 children)
My point was that hoping for "market corrections" is naive and idealistic. It rarely happens and generally requires a massive scandal. With all the PR propaganda the average person will not be likely to think these things through rationally as they don't have the time or desire to educate themselves fully on every topic. I see you're still mired down in the extremist world view, but at least you don't promote nanny state crap. Libertarian != Liberal btw. They are probably closer together than Libertarian and Conservative, and every human is some political shade and not 100% conformist.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday June 02 2017, @07:41PM (8 children)
Yes, I'm afraid libertarian does = liberal. As in the actual meaning of the word not the insanely illiberal nonsense that gets called liberal today.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 02 2017, @08:26PM (1 child)
See that is a problem with the media, and you're apparent fixation on it. Politicians have coopted the term "liberal" and warped it around. That doesn't mean libertarian == liberal, only when viewed through the shit colored glasses of the media.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday June 03 2017, @02:38AM
They can use it wrongly all they like, it doesn't change the meaning of the word.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Friday June 02 2017, @08:55PM (5 children)
What does liberal and libertarian mean then? I have the feeling that people refer to them using different definitions which makes them talk past each other.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 02 2017, @11:58PM
Don't ask buzz. He's got no idea what real libertarianism is about. Its just a group identity he's taken on because he thinks it makes being a misanthrope into something the cool kids do.
No, seriously, he thinks nobody can say what libertarianism is because "nobody speaks for libertarians."
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday June 03 2017, @02:36AM (3 children)
The etymology of both traces back to the Latin libertas, meaning liberty. It is the bedrock foundation of liberalism and became the same for libertarianism when liberalism was corrupted by socialist fascists into what it is today.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 03 2017, @03:01AM (2 children)
Exactly as predicted you gave a total non-answer that only served as vehicle to get digs in against your 'enemies.'
You don't have one damn clue about what libertarianism actually is.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday June 03 2017, @10:22AM (1 child)
I don't have enemies, just people I occasionally slap upside the head with some truth in the hopes that it might sink through the uncountable layers of denial.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 03 2017, @02:10PM
Douchey docuhey roo! You need help boy.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 02 2017, @10:19PM (3 children)
> That the difference between a progressive(fascist) and a libertarian(liberal).
Lol. Being a social reject doesn't make you a libertarian. It just makes you incompetent at understanding people, yourself included.
Twitter providing tools for users to help them manage their data feeds is the libertarian solution.
Your braindead solution of "shutting your twitter app" is actually the fascist solution. Requiring that people take all or nothing guarantees that the 10% that is good information gets drowned out by the other 90% crap. Fascism fundamentally rests on being unable to distinguish quality from crap. Its no surprise that's what you advocate for.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday June 03 2017, @02:31AM (2 children)
Broken record much?
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 03 2017, @02:58AM (1 child)
Wah! Suck it up buttercup.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday June 03 2017, @10:22AM
*looks at his morning coffee*
Sound advice.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 02 2017, @05:05PM (1 child)
Can you show me on this doll where the invisible hand touched you?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 02 2017, @06:05PM
According to the berts and cons: everywhere.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 02 2017, @07:47PM
There is no contradiction in maintaining the position that someone should be allowed to do X while criticizing them for doing it.