Friendship or Screen Time? Meta's Features that Keep Young Users Scrolling
by Save the Kids From MetaNovember 2nd, 2023
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Meta's features meant to strengthen friendships on social media platforms may, in reality, be encouraging young users to spend more time scrolling. The "multiple accounts" function is one such tool that multiplies personalized feeds, keeping users engaged and logged in for longer periods.People Mentioned
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8. Meta offers features that it claims promote connection between friends, but actually serve to increase young users’ time spent on the Platform.
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370. Another Meta feature from 2016 that encourages young users to continuously engage with Instagram is the “multiple accounts” function, which allows users to register up to five accounts without having to log out of any one account to access another.
371. This multiplies the number of unexhausted personalized Feeds vying for young users’ attention [Redacted]
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