> I really didn't realize until perhaps the last 2 years that Facebook fundamentally tapped some hidden human need/instinct to argue with people who they believ

> I really didn't realize until perhaps the last 2 years that Facebook fundamentally tapped some hidden human need/instinct to argue with people who they believe are incorrect. Funny, years ago, around the Aurora shooting in Colorado, it was Facebook that made me recognize this behaviour in myself. It's why I left the platform. Also, obligatory XKCD: https://xkcd.com/386/ https://xkcd.com/386/