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Re:UK survey of 14-24-year-olds indicates social networks ha... by RealityVoid on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @05:12PM (#14405398)
Just a little anecdote, but my experience mirrors OP's.

I also use FB for groups related to computing. It's not DL groups for me, but something else in the computosphere that concerns me but the aspect is similar. I think a lot of people on this site might display behavior similar to OP's.

After all, facebook is but a tool, it's up to you how you wield it.

I'm curious if p1esk sees these things as really bad or actually normal or acceptable.

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Re:UK survey of 14-24-year-olds indicates social networks ha... by p1esk on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @05:23PM (#14405482)
If you mean things like "reality distortion", distraction, addiction, then I see them as "bad" things.

However, social sites provide an opportunity to communicate with smart, knowledgeable, caring, or just like-minded people, who might not be available otherwise. To me, that's valuable enough to outweigh the negative aspects.

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