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Philip Rosedale

@philiprosedale

As a father with daughters, this is hard to listen all the way through. And it is so important to add: The harm being done here is a result of SPECIFIC DESIGN CHOICES, not an inevitable consequence of technology.

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In the second episode in our investigative series, we turn to research that Facebook has kept private: its internal studies on the effects of Instagram, one of its core products, on teen mental...

2:34 AM · Feb 17, 2022

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Michael Sitarzewski

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Feb 17, 2022

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TikTok is a zillion times worse. Are yours engaged with it?

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Philip Rosedale

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Feb 17, 2022

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Yes. Agree that TikTok is also likely to become very harmful, in their case because of AI recommendations. My experience with kids and their friends right now is that Instagram is causing more harm. Feels like two different serious problems.

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Ramesh R🗸

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Feb 21, 2022

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Hey Philip: this research is so critical for the emergence of a healthy social computing environment. Can you tell us specific design choices were made so that we can learn? The one I saw was about the 'elimination of likes' for optics... but what else was there?