Seeing the obvious blatant grift spanning the crypto-currency and now LLM booms pales beside the general low hanging fruit noneffort that both the Slacks and Social Medias represent. These ain't no moonshots and the kids can smell it. The lack of moral fiber and general depth of character is plain for all to see.
Meta is a joke for old people (facebook) and or your older sister/brother(instaglam). Xitter seems to have obviated the market for Truth or Parlez or The Daily Stormer or something, thereby only being relevant for overtly far right youth. This leaves us TikTok which them causes them to question the motives of political efforts to ban it.
What are the kids supposed to take away from this contemporary debacle?
> What are the kids supposed to take away from this contemporary debacle?
That's a good question.
As other comments have noted, "trust" is too complex a word for a clear discussion. With teens there's a different quality of affect. It's a time of life for seeking role models. Looking for adults and ideas you would like to be. It is more aspirational, morally and socially sensitive than mere transactional trust.
In liberal democratic countries like USA or Britain young people grow up with the expectation of making choices and having a voice, so these affiliations really matter. We're seeing younger people realise, and clearly express their disgust at "tech leaders" and their companies.
The kids are okay. The new generations of geeky kids realise that these people are not one of us [0]
[0] https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/notoneofus/