The expert from the US National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) warns that overexposure to screens from an early age can have a negative impact on health
      • jabathekek@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        23·
        6 months ago

        Maybe, though I wouldn’t be surprised if some social marketing shit-bags already have accounts on various instances.

        • Cheradenine@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          36·
          6 months ago

          I was just talking about that with a friend a couple days ago over a delicious Starbucks Frappacino™. We decided to meet up so he could show me his new iPhone XX Pro™. Great phone by the way.

          We both thought viral marketing and astroturfing wouldn’t probably be much of a factor on Lemmy, even if you’re using a really smooth interface like Voyager™.

        • bionicjoey@lemmy.caEnglish
          161·
          6 months ago

          I’ve seen lots of attempts to market on Lemmy. Most get called out as spam and shut down quickly, but there’s also exhalting of YouTubers and other influencers who in turn shill stuff like crazy.

          Also the gaming subs are really bad for this because posting trailers and announcements about games seems to be viewed by some as a way of “padding” Lemmy with content, so as to make it not feel so empty here. If you ask me, we should welcome the emptiness, only posting about things we actually want to talk about. People who post dozens of game trailers, announcements, and patch notes are just flooding the feeds with things that may matter to nobody.

        • Shadowq8@lemmy.worldEnglish
          31·
          6 months ago

          Lemmy would need to become significantly popular for it to be worthwhile for them to manipulate it; they might be laying the groundwork now. However, only time will tell. If Lemmy does become more popular, hopefully people here can effectively counteract any manipulation.

      • RBG@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        4·
        6 months ago

        It will be. We are just not sure yet how because it precisely doesn’t work like reddit or Facebook. But I am sure there are ways to manipulate here too, it may just be more elaborate.

  • Shadowq8@lemmy.worldEnglish
    414·
    6 months ago

    My 2 cents on this.

    Stay off your phone.

    Gaming consoles offer a better experience than the low-quality entertainment on phones and tablets.

    Spending time on toxic social media is like feeding your brain junk food.

    It’s all designed to quickly exploit you.

    I’d prefer my kids use a gaming console like the Switch instead of an iPad.

    • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
      282·
      6 months ago

      Gaming consoles just mean you’ve already bought into their walled garden. They don’t need to use the same tactics the mobile games use; you’re already trapped. Hell, you’re probably already paying a monthly subscription for online play, and then there’s still nothing stopping individual game publishers from further enshittifying on top of that!

      No, what you should really be doing is gaming on PC (Linux), ideally with games bought DRM-free (e.g. from GoG) or even by only playing Free Software games. I personally compromise enough to accept Steam, but that really is at the absolute limits of acceptability (and only then because of factoring goodwill from all their work on Linux compatibility for games).

      • john89@lemmy.caEnglish
        4·
        6 months ago

        Emulation, baby.

        Use your brains before your wallets.

        Also don’t pay for things you can get for free.

        • jabathekek@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          1·
          6 months ago

          Hell yeah. I haven’t been able to play jak x in literally a decade and I was able to start it up today and bask it’s 480p glory. Next is laughing at the first killzone while still enjoying the story and trying out Demon’s Souls for the first time.

    • OpenStars@discuss.onlineEnglish
      9·
      6 months ago

      It’s how you use the tools that count, and I think both types need (self-)restrictions placed upon them to be maximally effective and fun. Even a gun has a use, within certain bounds e.g. Ukraine can put them to great use.

    • maegul (he/they)English
      41·
      6 months ago

      Yea wow. As a 90s kid I’d never thought of comparing smart phones to consoles. Great point. Gaming together on the couch or a truly fun and social activity and way more wholesome than doom scrolling

    • EngineerGaming@feddit.nlEnglish
      1·
      6 months ago

      On a phone, I actually rarely get stuck for hours. Not only because most of my personal data has to stay off of it (it cannot have LineageOS or similar), but also because it is inconvenient af. No keyboard, small screen, everything is slow. The problem of infinitely going into rabbit holes solves itself, while on the laptop there has to be a lot more self-control - it is far more comfortable.

  • john89@lemmy.caEnglish
    122·
    6 months ago

    You guys ever notice how people only recommend movies/entertainment made in [CURRENT YEAR]?

    Whenever I see someone recommend a movie, I immediately look up the year and discard their recommendation if it was released in the current year.

    Too many great things go unnoticed because of useful idiots with more money than sense.

    • daddy32@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      6 months ago

      Similar with music. I am absolutely sure that the best music did not enter existence in the last year.

      • theherk@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        6 months ago

        I get the sentiment, but that implies nothing good is being made. And even if the sentiment “nothing good is being pushed” were true, that wouldn’t be that same as not being made. Still tons of artists out there putting work in.

  • stink_pickle@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    6 months ago

    What they haven’t realized is paying for living quarters for their tests. Give a homeless person a roof for watching ads all day?

  • Dataprolet@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    43·
    6 months ago

    Full on conspiracy?

    there are hidden interests and hands that pull the strings of the dynamics that are harmful

    • FrostyCaveman@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      6 months ago

      The conspiracy take would be that someone wants the specific negative outcome we have and is deliberately calibrating their actions to achieve it

      “Hidden interests and hands” in this case more charitably refers to the vast complex system of distributed incentives that different actors in the system have. If everyone washes their hands of their own little corner of the problem and refuses to take accountability at any level, in aggregate it leads to negative outcomes at scale. And of course no individual actor would want to publicise knowingly looking the other way: thus, hidden interests and hands

  • Legend@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    17·
    6 months ago

    Everything’s a tool, you can hit a nail with a hammer or crack your own head its how you use it and not the tools problem unless its specifically made for doing an evil thing like the evilinator or somethin . also being a neuroscientist doesn’t instantly make anyone right people like to spread their opinions as facts because they have some kind of authority so don’t be sheep and use your own head sometimes which most people clearly don’t do as we can see in the upvotes.