"I added some more wording to directly link it to 'problematic use,' but I think most product teams dont understand that this is a euphemism for screen addiction or similar issues."
████: "I added some more wording to directly link it to 'problematic use,' but I think most product teams dont understand that this is a euphemism for screen addiction or similar issues."
Margaret Stewart: "We should avoid the term 'addiction'. Problematic use is the term the company uses so we should probably work on educating them on that versus sing the other terms which have legal risk ad also are not accurate (ie 'addiction' is a specific medical term that is misapplied in the gen pop context)."
Jennifer Guadagno: "Agreed to avoid using 'addiction' and that 'problematic use' is the term we've been using internally and started to externally... We define problematic use as experiencing both of the following issues 'very often' or 'all of the time': - Lack of control or feelings of guilt over FB use - Negative impact in at least one of the following areas: productivity, sleep, parenting, or relationships"
████: "Did you consider having a bullet explicitly about 'screen addiction'/'time well spent'? I imagine it's a touchy subject internally and hard to disentangle from growth metrics, but it's such a core critique of our platform."
Margaret Stewart: "The term we use officially is problematic use, but it is a very touchy subject."