This question is inspired by the Australian law that bans people under the age of 16 from social media. But then when I though about it, couldn’t the same argument be made for video games? I mean there are kids just waste their time on video games and not do any of their school assignments.

This purpose of post isn’t me arguing for or against the Australian law or any hypothetical law about a similar ban on video games, I just want to see Lemmy’s opinions on video games compared to social media. To me they seem like both have valid arguments of being harmful.

Edit: Added “Why or why not?” to the question.

  • @shalafiEnglish
    1•3 days ago

    Because lemmy is a bunch of teenagers screaming, “NOOOO!”, through clenched teeth, like my 9-yo.

    Ah, who am I kidding? Vote up for likes, down for hates! This way we can have civil, adult conversations.

    • KalciferEnglish
      1•2 days ago

      […] lemmy is a bunch of teenagers […]

      The average age of lemmings has actually been found to be around late 30s [1][2].

      References
      1. “RESULTS - 2023 Instance Census for lemmy.ca”. “Otter” (@[email protected]). “Lemmy.ca’s Main Community” ([email protected]). Lemmy.ca. Published: 2024-02-11T02:16:45Z. Accessed: 2024-12-01T09:09Z. https://lemmy.ca/post/15125231.
        • §“Section 2: Who are you?”. §“Question 2.1: What age range do you fall into?”

          […]

          c2.1

          We can see a nice curve, with a peak around 30-39. So the average age on Lemmy is likely a bit older than other social media platforms, but there’s a good spread nonetheless.

      2. “RESULTS - 2024 Instance Census for lemmy.nz”. “Dave” (@[email protected]). “Aotearoa / New Zealand” ([email protected]). Lemmy.nz. Published: 2024-08-02T06:53:04Z. Accessed: 2024-12-01T09:15Z. https://lemmy.nz/post/12001861.
        • §“Where are we?”. §“What age range do you fall into?”.

          […]

          Bar graph of age