Meta abandoned privacy by default for teens because the growth impact was too high

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Darius Kilstein: "I wonder what % of grooming happens from people with at least 1 NFX action? Like maybe there's a solution for non mutual friending that does not require a prior action against them" ████: "The issue here is that people lie, and we know that's quite prevalent… Especially groomers - they lie to bypass our detection and even help them find minors" Darius Kilstein: "Have we considered settings to just let people turn off receiving messages from people that do t follow them ?" ████: "We have, and IGWB even explored private by default for teens but the growth impact was too high and the decision was to explore more nuanced and less blunt solutions."