People say #GenZ spends too much time on their phones, but do they actually enjoy it? According to a new #socialmedia survey by psychologist Jonathan Haidt, they might not.??? Haidt and his research team, The Harris Poll,?collated?the thoughts of 1,006 18-27-year-olds regarding social media. ?
While over 60%?reported?using social media for four or more hours a day, approximately half of them said they wished platforms like #X (50%) and #TikTok (47%) didn’t exist. Meanwhile, 43% of users had similar feelings about #Snapchat, while 37% and 34%, respectively,?said?that they felt that way about #Facebook and #Instagram. By contrast, the smartphone itself and platforms like #Netflix and #YouTube had the lowest regret rates at 21%, 17%, and 15%, respectively.
In a?New York Times op-ed, Haidt argued that this data suggests that “if smartphones merely let people text each other, watch movies and search for helpful information or interesting videos (without personalized recommendation algorithms intended to hook users), there would be far less regret and resentment.” ??
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