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Any addiction is worsening people's mental health. Social media are part of it, sure, but it's naive to think that getting rid of Facebook will solve the proble
by justapassenger 4y ago
Any addiction is worsening people's mental health. Social media are part of it, sure, but it's naive to think that getting rid of Facebook will solve the problem. Hacker news is also addictive and has lots of people who spend way too much here and it's worsening their mental health.
- _Algernon_ 4y agoHN is a poor example, as it actually provides settings to limit addictive usage (maxvisit and minaway), thereby putting the user in control.
- justapassenger 4y agoMost of social apps nowadays have usage trackers, that will prompt you that you exceeded time you wanted to spend on it.