Facebook acquires anonymous teen compliment app tbh, will let it run
This isn&#x27;t improving mental health, it&#x27;s just destroying it in a different way than negativity destroys it.<p>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 <i>need</i> for TBH approval and a social <i>obligation</i> to participate in showing your approval of others.<p>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.<p>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.) <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;malcolmocean.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;07&#x2F;growth-mindset-reframing&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;malcolmocean.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;07&#x2F;growth-mindset-reframing&#x2F;</a><p>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.