It blows me away how people judge the online environment as if this is its natural, inevitable state and conditions.
...Instead of pointing out the addictive, destructive dynamics deliberately and painstakingly engineered by exploitative jerks with all the money.
If there's something toxic about screen time, it's because somebody MADE it toxic, and we need to make it better.
Instead the response is draconian controls, shit like age verification and time limits. Which is only handing more power to exploitative jerks, and no solution AT ALL.
Violet Madder
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2026-09-09 00:17:31 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…cheh
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