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Re:Why social media bosses don’t use social media by hux_ on Thursday January 25, 2018 @07:58AM (#16230487)
I don't know how many people need the 'micro dopamine high' to contribute and engage. If that number is high engagement might drop off as they may go elsewhere to get the fix.
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Re:Why social media bosses don’t use social media by arca_vorago on Thursday January 25, 2018 @08:40AM (#16230649)
The flip side is that those of us who tend to have controversial opinions get negative dopamine hits (downvotes, often with no response or retort) and participate less.

I mostly just don't participate in upvoting or downvoting at all (here or on reddit), unless something really catches my attention.

Personally, I still think this is one thing slashdot had right. Random selection of certain established users as "moderator" who could not only give a comment a point rating between 0-5, but also a descriptor (funny, offtopic, etc).

Honestly I miss the slashdot days of old.

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