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> makes it sound like users are forced to be there. They aren't. They're going there because Facebook can provide those things, and those things are meaningful.
by Florin_Andrei 9y ago
> makes it sound like users are forced to be there. They aren't. They're going there because Facebook can provide those things, and those things are meaningful.
Same arguments could be made by a drug dealer.
- cflewis 9y agoNo, not really. Drugs aren't inherently meaningful, they mask needs that aren't being met, hiding pain or sadness temporarily. They don't meet the underlying need.
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- quadrangle 9y agoThat sounds like anti-drug propaganda. People with unmet needs can fall into drug abuse but drugs plain and simple have effects on the mind that can be profound. To assert that, in contrast to meaningless drugs, the majority of stuff on Facebook is meaningful is, well simplistic at best.