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I really don't think you can blame social media for designing something that boosts their revenue; they are incentivized to do that. It is better to educate peo
by gamesbrainiac 4y ago
I really don't think you can blame social media for designing something that boosts their revenue; they are incentivized to do that. It is better to educate people to stay away from most of the Social Media sites that are harmful or take up too much of their time. We have made smoking a bad habit, why can't we do that same for Instagram or Facebook?
- thenerdhead 4y agoI've seen plenty of campaigns about smoking being a bad habit, but never social media or internet addiction. Only books or fringe documentaries that get discredited in the news/media due to their incentives.
- dylan604 4y agoPart of the Big Tobacco settlement with the gov't was to do those kinds of "negative" campaigns. Social Media hasn't had a DoJ suit against them like Big Tobacco did. So there's a big disconnect on these campaigns as punishment vs 3rd party documentaries and crazy tinfoil hat wearing techno nerds (aka HN readers).