Hacker News Reader

You're on it right now, this terrible, evil social media. Vaguely defined as it is

I also don’t think people under 15 should use Hacker News.

Massively different from algorithmic doom scrolling feeds.

I would call HN a type of social media lite, but not the type of social media that's leading to generation-wide mental health issues in children/teens.

> leading to generation-wide mental health issues in children/teens.

Is it though? Because half of these conditions didn't even exist 50 years ago so naturally the data will see an increase

Right, you're entitled to your wrong opinion. Don't say we didn't warn you when you find out how wrong you were, and what the consequences are regarding government control of people's minds.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useful_idiot

Yes, social media creates useful idiots, you are correct. And also possibly one of them, if you're arguing that it somehow makes people smarter or more informed.