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Social media apps are 'deliberately' addictive to users

• est 8y ago
  just like sugar.
  • hilyen 8y ago
    Lots of things really. Everything nowadays is tweaked to get people coming back, its an eventuality when all of the companies goals are to increase profits.
  • jarfil 8y ago
    Water is even more addictive, just look at the withdrawal symptoms. And don't even start me on oxygen.
• guessmyname 8y ago
  I am having a hard time finding the purpose of this article. > Social media companies are deliberately addicting users to their products for financial gain, Silicon Valley insiders have told the BBC's Panorama programme. Wasn't this obvious years ago when social networks started? I believe everyone (except infants) is well aware of this.
• chobytes 8y ago
  water is wet
• deleted 8y ago
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• sqdbps 8y ago
  How is infinite scrolling not just a logical evolution of regular scrolling? and using red for notification indicators isn't just a design convention that was borrowed from the real world? All these outlets reporting on social media/app/smartphone addictions should really consider mentioning that these theories aren't supported by research but mainly the melodramatic testimonies of former employees with messianic complex.
• csuld2012223 8y ago
  actually all technology is, in a way, deliberately addictive because it is designed to make people money and not explicitly designed to create greater well being. The story they use to sell it is that it is to improve your life but nowadays its almost impossible to actually reject this concept. People once lived happily without tech, but now it seems most people 'would die' without it.