Yes, Social Media Might Be Making Kids Depressed: Depression symptoms jumped 35% as kids’ average social media use rose from seven to 73 minutes daily over a three-year period. (www.ucsf.edu)
from Pro@programming.dev to science@mander.xyz on 22 May 20:39
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captainastronaut@seattlelunarsociety.org on 22 May 22:04 next collapse

It sure does for me, and I’ll be dead before the oceans start to boil. The more they know about the world the harder it is to have hope.

Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz on 23 May 06:27 next collapse

As social media isn’t going anywhere, the user needs to bear the responsibility of controlling their own feed. For example, you could subscribe to !lemmybewholesome@lemmy.world and follow #bloomscrolling on Pixelfed. The internet just loves to give you anything and everything, so it’s up to you to pick and choose.

Opinionhaver@feddit.uk on 23 May 08:15 next collapse

Affects all kids from ~ 7 to 90 years of age.

Angry_Autist@lemmy.world on 23 May 09:02 next collapse

Doesn’t matter, it’s the fattest cash cow since soda was invented

They’re engineering it to make even more people depressed because depressed people doomscroll

You are watching the collapse of modern western society in real-time, brought to you by the smartphone and idiots on the internet.

SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world on 23 May 09:45 next collapse

Alternatively, we can fix the problems in the world that actually are making the kids depressed.

No? We would rather just make it harder for them to see the injustice?

Ok…

thezeesystem@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 23 May 11:43 next collapse

It’s not social media. It’s the state of the world. It’s the news that everything is fucked and nothing we can do about it. It’s just social media is a way to know about what fucked up shit is going on, not social media it self.

Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg on 23 May 13:04 collapse

I think there is a certain amount of social media that is itself the problem.

Like, trolls and rage baiters are a menace; not to mention social media is often an assault on nuance.

Memes are still really popular but they undercut serious discussion … and often just make noise about depressing shit without even the inkling of answers to the problems they comment on.

KelvarIW@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 23 May 13:28 collapse

Are… we seriously… worrying about childhood depression… in this year, 2025???