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Not quite. They tweaked the way it was run to keep people addicted.

• 2pEXgD0fZ5cF 6y ago
  That is the thing, many argue as if Facebook is a flat, neutral forum, and leave out the whole big algorithmic blackbox it entails. In reality there are no chronological timelines and the regular user is pushed towards the most rage inducing (or as Facebook employees probably euphemize it: "most engaging") content and group recommendations Facebook can apply to an individual. Facebook was very much an actor in this, not some mere communication infrastructure. Facebook wasn't "warped" by malicious actors, it fanned the flames and by doing so nurtured their hatred and multiplied their reach, all to get the users as addicted as possible to this endless loop. (The same goes for Twitter and Google/Youtube too, of course)