<story><title>Facebook acquires anonymous teen compliment app tbh, will let it run</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/16/facebook-acquires-anonymous-teen-compliment-app-tbh-will-let-it-run/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>quadrangle</author><text>This isn&amp;#x27;t improving mental health, it&amp;#x27;s just destroying it in a different way than negativity destroys it.&lt;p&gt;Sure, we all want social approval, but this sort of thing is about creating a system to depend on. It seems designed just like other social media, aiming to cause people to feel a &lt;i&gt;need&lt;/i&gt; for TBH approval and a social &lt;i&gt;obligation&lt;/i&gt; to participate in showing your approval of others.&lt;p&gt;People should drop the entire concept of caring about aspects of their identify as fixed traits such as those TBH focuses on. Having a nice smile (or not) or being viewed as the most talented at whatever skill are traits that are phrased as fixed judgments of a person.&lt;p&gt;Instead, we need to focus on acknowledging success for particular actions and recognizing the potential for growth in areas where we can improve. See (e.g.) &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;malcolmocean.com&amp;#x2F;2014&amp;#x2F;07&amp;#x2F;growth-mindset-reframing&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;malcolmocean.com&amp;#x2F;2014&amp;#x2F;07&amp;#x2F;growth-mindset-reframing&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;TBH is more likely to lead to dysfunctional fixed mindsets than to inspire anyone to do anything good or feel good about themselves in a healthy growth-focused way.</text></comment>
<story><title>Facebook acquires anonymous teen compliment app tbh, will let it run</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/16/facebook-acquires-anonymous-teen-compliment-app-tbh-will-let-it-run/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jordan801</author><text>I feel like the subtle pseudo-gratification from this app is not going to make teens happier. Rather, they&amp;#x27;ll subconsciously realize that it&amp;#x27;s all a facade and it&amp;#x27;ll make them even less happy.&lt;p&gt;We&amp;#x27;re going to keep creating this crap, I am sure, but lets just not label it with, &amp;quot;We&amp;#x27;re trying to make the world better&amp;quot;. You&amp;#x27;re an app company, not a collective of teen health PHDs seeking to thwart teen&amp;#x27;s hormonal, depressive tenancies.</text></comment>