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Re:The growing body of evidence that digital distraction is ... by mrisoli on Monday January 08, 2018 @06:10PM (#16101777)
Well, we have useless content, which might be entertaining but otherwise provide no real benefits to the user, by damaging I mean content that influences people in a negative way(fake news, hate speech, etc). Maybe the right word here is "harmful", but English is not my first language to be 100% sure.
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Re:The growing body of evidence that digital distraction is ... by cortic on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @08:00PM (#16120617)
i see, thanks for explaining that. I suppose 'disinformation' would be the most apt word for what you are meaning.
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