Gaywallet (they/it) ( Gaywallet@beehaw.org ) MA to Humanities & Cultures · 3 years agoThe costs of a phone-based childhood (gifted link)www.theatlantic.comexternal-linkmessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up116
arrow-up116external-linkThe costs of a phone-based childhood (gifted link)www.theatlantic.comGaywallet (they/it) ( Gaywallet@beehaw.org ) MA to Humanities & Cultures · 3 years agomessage-square11linkfedilink
minus-squareFIash Mob #5678 ( FlashMobOfOne@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 years agoWatching what social media has done to our culture over the last 20 years has made me very glad I grew up without, and even more glad that I’m constitutionally able to delete my FB, Twitter and Reddit accounts and never touched TikTok.
minus-squaresome_guy ( some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org ) linkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 years agoI was a horribly depressed youth for a variety of reasons. I can’t imagine how I’d have turned out if social media had existed when I was growing up.
Watching what social media has done to our culture over the last 20 years has made me very glad I grew up without, and even more glad that I’m constitutionally able to delete my FB, Twitter and Reddit accounts and never touched TikTok.
I was a horribly depressed youth for a variety of reasons. I can’t imagine how I’d have turned out if social media had existed when I was growing up.