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0 pointskelseyfrog1y ago0 comments

> Yeah you can't monitor 100% of the time but like.. moderating your child's experiences is kind of part of the job isn't it?

Is the subtext here "don't have children if you can't do the job"?

If it is, then it's valid to discuss the difficulty of predicting what exactly the job of parent involves when it can drastically change due to technology and social norms over the interval of 5-10-15 years between making the decision and executing the role.

This isn't a blanket statement to abdicate responsibility, nor a blank check for unlimited responsibility, but certain unanticipated challenges are expected and some grace must be given in light of a dynamic environment.

Responsibility is an abstract concept that we operationalize in order to make judgements and decisions. Like any operationalization problem, how can you be transparent around its construction?

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bluefirebrand1y ago

> Is the subtext here "don't have children if you can't do the job

I was going more for "you made the choice to have a kid. You have the job whether you want it or not, so you better step up and do it"

But I suppose the corollary of that is what you said. I don't think it's very valuable to say that to someone who already made that choice though

Anyways, like I said, I don't think Tech companies have zero responsibility here, but the buck stops at the parents, period

This generations parents should not be trusting algorithms not to show their kids bad content any more than 90s parents trusted the teenagers at the movie rental place not to rent children R rated VHS tapes

Edit: Television was a highly regulated and curated feed of media, maybe parents got a bit too comfortable letting their children sit in front of that without concern. But treating on-demand internet content like Television is a mistake

And expecting "the algorithm" to deliver a similarly highly regulated and curated feed is also a mistake

kelseyfrogOP1y ago

Would it be fair for parents to say, "My throughput is capped and what was possible in the VHS and TV area exceeds my ability. However, if rather than being completely uncurated, social media systems participated in curating their content so that it had a minimum standard, much like TV did, I would have the bandwidth to responsibly curate the remainder for my kids"?

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