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Does the evidence actually say anything about social media bans helping? Because these bans aren't really based on anything other than vibes. The proponents are the same people who will say that social media has rotted the brains of kids and reduced their attention spans. Their evidence for that? Someone else said so. That someone else said so, because

1. Microsoft research saw that people spend less time on a website (less time to see an ad) in the modern day compared to a decade prior

2. knowledge workers now spend less time before they look away from a screen when composing an email

From this somehow we've concluded that kids have shorter attention spans today. And the obvious 'culprit' is social media.

Evidence is optional. It's all about vibes. It feels right to ban social media, so we're gonna do it. If the "researchers" get it wrong it doesn't matter, because there will be no consequences for them.



Here is a very good meta analysis on short form content

https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2026-89350-001.html

Also how else do you get evidence on them working if nobody else has done a ban. Why does you have to wait for someone else to do it before you do it for your own country.




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