> As middle-aged folk identify the problems with the social networks they grew up with, youngsters may already be moving on.
One of my proudest parenting moments was discovering that a child had independently realised that their online presences ought to be multiple and not trivially correlated.
A better, prouder moment, for all involved, would be not that the child arrived at this marvelous conclusion "independently", for that outcome (by your admission) is quite rare. Else, it would not be remarkable enough for you to comment.
Instead, we want to arm our children with the tools so that they arrive at that same conclusion repeatedly and predictably. Better yet, we would all do better if we simply eliminate such harmful algorithms and creepy practices entirely.
One of my proudest parenting moments was discovering that a child had independently realised that their online presences ought to be multiple and not trivially correlated.