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Reminds me of most social media
by iancmceachern 3y ago
Reminds me of most social media
- dragontamer 3y agoSocial media doesn't cause $100,000+ in direct losses like gambling does.
- iancmceachern 3y agoIt does cause serious lifelong mental illness, which often results on $100k+ in indirect losses. https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/study-social-media-use-linked-to-decline-mental-health https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/study-social-m... And they, including Mark, actively worked against doing something about it: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbsnews.com/amp/sacramento/news/zuckerberg-rejected-meta-proposals-to-improve-teen-mental-health-court-documents-allege/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbsnews.com/amp/sacramento/...
- zeroonetwothree 3y agoThe article you linked certainly doesn't use the words "cause" or "lifelong".
- iancmceachern 3y agoCorrect, I inferred those words. It would be difficult to prove that social media causes lifelong anything, because there social media hasn't been around long enough. It's like smoking. They used to say the same things. Smoking hasn't been proven to cause cancer, etc. Then over time the science got better, more data, and bam. It was proven. I believe this is similar. You don't. That's OK. Time will tell.
- charcircuit 3y agoThis isn't gambling as you don't win anything of value. Every dollar you spend is guaranteed to never get you any money back.
- vkou 3y agoSocial media can certainly ruin your life, but it doesn't seem to do it quite as spectacularly and as thoroughly as a bad case of gambling addiction does. And if it weren't for those bad cases, most of the gambling industry wouldn't exist. They aren't making their money from my friends flying down to Vegas and losing $50 each at the blackjack table.