Facebook should first understand that a lot of kids avoid Facebook specifically because their parents are on it. No kid wants mom & dad to read everything they write online.
TikTok, Snapchat, and Instagram are all the rage among kids, and those apps are like the Wild West compared to Facebook and Twitter. TikTok is the fastest-growing app of them all, and the company don't seem to care at all what kids post online, who views the content, or whether kids are being harmed.
Most kids avoid facebook because it's not nearly as friendly UI-wise as tiktok/instagram or snapchat and lacks a lot of "shiny features" that those apps have. The word "facebook" also comes with a pretty boomer connotation when heard by anyone under the age of 20 nowadays and most kids genuinely think that only grandparents use it.
Also the quality and types of content you frequently find on facebook simply just don't attract people our age anymore.
>nd the company don't seem to care at all what kids post online, who views the content, or whether kids are being harmed.
They have no reason to, all of the names you mentioned make all of their decisions and changes based off of what will increase engagement, not the greater good.
Pretty sure everyone on HN already knows that though.
TikTok, Snapchat, and Instagram are all the rage among kids, and those apps are like the Wild West compared to Facebook and Twitter. TikTok is the fastest-growing app of them all, and the company don't seem to care at all what kids post online, who views the content, or whether kids are being harmed.