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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.



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