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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-16T16:29:32.000Z",
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  "textContent": "> I'm generally in favor of restricting social media for children, but only if both parents and (to a reasonable degree) children are aware why those restrictions are in place and why it would mostly just hurt them mentally and socially to hop on social media early on, as otherwise they won't be nearly as effective IMHO.\n\nSlightly off-topic but the narrative that social media is exclusively evil or exclusively harmful to children is largely a myth. Reality is more complex. In fact, there is evidence that an all-out ban is even harmful:\n\nhttps://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/21/two ... t-hold-up/\n\n\n> The Australian study, published in JAMA Pediatrics, followed over 100,000 Australian adolescents across three years and found something that should give every policymaker pause: the relationship between social media use and well-being isn’t linear. It’s U-shaped. Perhaps most surprisingly, kids who use social media moderately have the best outcomes. Kids who use it excessively have worse outcomes. But here’s the kicker: kids who don’t use it at all also have worse outcomes.\n\nIMO the whole \"social media bad\" narrative is largely a moral panic that reminds me of the \"violent video games cause school-shootings!!1!!!\" moral BS panic.\n\nThe problem is not social media, but _proprietary+corporate_ social media.\n\n(As for the \"Luanti in Education\" debate, I don’t really care lol.)\n\nStatistics: Posted by Wuzzy — Mon Feb 16, 2026 16:29\n\n* * *",
  "title": "General Discussion • Re: Maybe we *shouldn't* advertise Luanti for Education?",
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