I joined Design It For Us because I think that us youth have a really unique opportunity and role in the current fight to reclaim our attention from social media. I know I’ve had a lot of days where my hands would open up YouTube or Instagram without even me being aware of it, and the next thing I knew, I was 2-3 hours into a rabbit hole of content. In the current social media company landscape, there’s a lot of financial incentive for companies to capture user attention, but there aren’t strong incentives for designing healthier technologies that encourage user autonomy and moderation. I think that the only way to change that is if we fight for it – for companies to design it for us : )

Design it for us so we can have a safer online experience.

Design it for us. A lot of people in my generation have felt the negative consequences of being in unregulated online spaces, and we’re tired of it. We want protection, so start designing it for us.

Design these platforms for growing minds. Growing up on social media, I didn’t realize that these platforms were psychologically designed to be addictive.

Design it for my brother.

Design it for young adults.

Design it for young adults.

Design it for my siblings.

Design it for my siblings. The online world can be a dangerous and harmful place for youth.

Create it for teenagers because the internet isn't a safe place for us, causing addiction and being exposed to damaging content that shouldn't have been seen or posted.

Design it for us. Social media is a huge platform for many to get influenced in an unhealthy way, I want to see us thrive with less worry.

These apps aren’t designed with my safety — or your kids’ safety. Instead, they actively exploit our vulnerabilities to get us hooked, and in the process make billions in profits.

Design it for us.

Design it for us.

Design it for my siblings.

Design it for teens.

Design it for me and my friends.

Design it for us!

Design the internet so I can choose how I want to use it instead of being manipulated!

Design it for students because we should not have to accept incomprehensible terms of service for platforms that we need to use for class at the expense of our own privacy.