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Quite the opposite actually -- the goal is to make it less appealing. Social media is designed to be addictive and prey on base psychological impulses.

• xwdv 4y ago
  So people find non-chronological feeds and suggested content appealing? I thought people were always saying they hated these features.
  • uoaei 4y ago
    The tiny fraction of people who comment on HN say that. It is folly to believe this place represents public opinion.
  • ben_w 4y ago
    Compelling != appealing. I can’t risk going near “idle” genre games, because even the ones I hate I find incredibly compelling.