Comment on How TikTok profits off dangerous health trends

Engywuck@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• sturlabragason@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  As a father of teenagers using TikTok I can tell that you’d be surprised how hard it is to constantly keep everyone vigilant and critical thinking.

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  • Engywuck@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’m a father as well. And I agree, what you mention it’s a hard work. But it’s also my job and my duty, so no complaints.

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• nix@merv.news ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I used to think the same but the people that are being scammed are actually people who are usually very desperate and being taken advantage of. People with cancers, tumors, sick children, etc that are looking for anything to help them and then these scammers take advantage of their fear and desperation to scam them and harm them.

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• agent_flounder@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Naw. It’s predatory bullshit. People deserve to live even if they’re gullible or whatever else. Not everybody gets to grow up with good parenting, schooling, DNA, etc.

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• Instigate@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  “Never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee”

  • John Donne

  Every time a gullible idiot falls into a trap that enriches a manipulator, society suffers. Every time someone spends money on snake oil instead of on necessities or goods that bolster the local economy, the economy suffers. Every time someone falls down the rabbit hole away from the mainstream, we lose a potential ally and friend. Every loss is a loss, and even if you take morality and ethics out of it, it still makes sense to protect the vulnerable - even if only for our own selfish interests.

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  • Engywuck@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I don’t disagree. I think that as a society we should definitely go after these scammers, shitty influencers and criminal social networks. On the other hand, every single person should take responsibility of their acts and try to be as cautious/skeptical as possible by default when dealing with unsolicited (or, even worse, almost forced) health/ monetary advices.

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• tfw_no_toiletpaper@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  They would also fall for door to door salesmen, some things don’t change

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