Why not recommend therapy? What if the cause is the parents?
this post was submitted on 26 Feb 2026
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Big 'low tar cigarette' vibes
This means nothing if they don't stop pushing an algorithm that has been proven time and time again to cause damage to mental health in the first place.
Hey, be nice to the big company. This policy of shooting an email doesn't undermine the profitability their addictive money machine. Won't you think of the shareholders Mister Curtis?
- This means they had to verify my teenager is a kid. I don't want it collecting information on my child.
- This means that they also have verified I'm the parent or legal guardian of said child meaning whether I use Instagram or not they are collecting information on me, and I don't want that either.
- The algorithm for Instagram is a major direct contributor to suicidal ideation and this does nothing to fix that.
No thank you. Burn it with fire.
Just push them to darker parts of the internet why don't cha?
All this "for the kids" shit is directly at the expense of the kids.
Wild take, given that Instagram is often the cause for the self-harm tendencies of teenagers.
Honestly I don't understand why this platforms exist in their form. We know that they are responsible for the suicide of teenagers. How much worse can it get?
Insta will tell them do a flip.
If only my wife would give this shit up. Been trying for years.