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Re:Is Facebook a Structural Threat to Free Society? by ams6110 on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @11:57AM (#13868607)
Except it's not physically addictive. It's at most psychologically addictive and the withdrawal is not terribly painful. Just stop using it. Distract yourself with a good novel for a couple of days and it's done.
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Re:Is Facebook a Structural Threat to Free Society? by thatmiddleway on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @12:11PM (#13868744)
"Oh, I finished my book! I should probably take a picture of the cover and post it on Facebook!..."
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Re:Is Facebook a Structural Threat to Free Society? by saimiam on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @01:38PM (#13869653)
That was not my experience. I had a goal of reading 52 books last year, one for each week of the year. I reached 40 but never felt the need to post any cover photos on FB. Your relationship with it changes quite fast once you start finding other things to do rather than hang out on Facebook
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Re:Is Facebook a Structural Threat to Free Society? by TeMPOraL on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @02:53PM (#13870354)
For me, it always end up in binge-reading the rest of the books in the series, or picking up a similar one. I guess I have poor impulse control.
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