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The dark side of social media on youth mental health (www.psypost.org)

submitted 6 months ago by L4s to c/technology

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The dark side of social media on youth mental health::The U.S. Surgeon General's recent advisory highlights the perilous impact of social media on youth mental health, linking it to rising cases of eating disorders and body image dissatisfaction.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 6 months ago (2 children)

We've known the side effects of social media for decades but we're still doing nothing...

[–] kameecoding 10 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Decades? Aren't they less than 2 decades old?

I doubt we knew it's effects for decades

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago

Speak for yourself; I thought Facebook was shitty back in 1984.

[–] QuandaleDingle 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

MySpace surely was one of them. Came out in 2003. So...two decades? :D

[–] EncryptKeeper 1 points 6 months ago

A little over two decades actually.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Iirc, I was about 16 when Myspace was a thing. I'm gonna be 40 very soon

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

We’ve tried nothing and we’re all out of ideas.