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I appreciate that you respond and explain why you disagree rather than simply downvoting and moving on. However, Facebook, and other similar sites, are literall
by authoritarian 7y ago
I appreciate that you respond and explain why you disagree rather than simply downvoting and moving on. However, Facebook, and other similar sites, are literally designed to be addictive. Many of the founders of some of the largest social media, and other SV tech, companies took classes that focus on making an app/service/product addictive. You may personally not feel addicted, but that doesn't change the fact that these companies specifically abuse psychological processes and reactions to make their products addictive to the average user. There are a ton of articles on the subject. It may be easier for some to leave than others, but that doesn't mean these companies don't purposely make it psychologically challenging to leave for many. Here are a few articles on the topic
https://www.livescience.com/49585-facebook-addiction-viewed-brain.html https://www.livescience.com/49585-facebook-addiction-viewed-...
https://www.wired.com/story/phone-addiction-formula/ https://www.wired.com/story/phone-addiction-formula/
https://neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/just-how-bad-kids-smartphone-addiction https://neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/just-how-bad-kids-sma...
https://www.1843magazine.com/features/the-scientists-who-make-apps-addictive https://www.1843magazine.com/features/the-scientists-who-mak...
- marmada 7y agoWhy does this matter? Pornhub is addictive, probably on a much deeper level than Facebook. No one criticizes Pornhub. Reddit is addictive, no one criticizes Reddit. Videogames are addictive. No one says we should ban videogames or take legal action against them. Even if people do criticize these things, they don't criticize them the same way they criticize Facebook. I think FB has added more to the world (wealth, high tech jobs, open source technology, places for people to organize, ways for people to connect) than it has taken away in the form of FB addiction and manipulative ads. The masses have always had their bread and circuses. I don't see why a new digital variation is any worse than existing forms of mindless entertainment.