danah's piece below is *so damn good* that it should be required reading for absolutely everyone with opinions on social media "harms." I wrote about it (and quoted extensively from it) on Techdirt, but go read the original. www.techdirt.com/2024/10/10/t...

Everything is bad for teens in every generation. Social media, Dungeons & Dragons, rock music, swing music, jazz music, pool, &c.

Thanks! What a terrific and insightful essay.