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Re:Her Facebook life looked perfect. How social media masks ... by Karunamon on Thursday April 18, 2019 @12:00PM (#19692069)
The degree with which people compare social media to drugs (with all the baggage that entails) fucking astounds me sometimes. I would fully expect a serious reply to a comment like yours to be "that's just because you're addicted".

It's a fad in some circles to hate on social media. And a particularly tiresome one, since it's doing nothing more than highlighting the pathological ways humans have always behaved, even in its absence. Availability heuristic.

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Re:Her Facebook life looked perfect. How social media masks ... by strikelaserclaw on Thursday April 18, 2019 @12:20PM (#19692281)
Humans have always fought in wars and killed one another but why are modern weapons so much more dangerous? Technology has the potential to enable the dark aspects of humanity to be more destructive than ever. Make no mistake, the HN crowd is not your average person, how social media applies to you does not reflect how it will apply to the majority in the world.
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Re:Her Facebook life looked perfect. How social media masks ... by anticensor on Thursday April 18, 2019 @03:15PM (#19693929)
Because modern weapons are designed to enable both sides to lose at the same time.
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Re:Her Facebook life looked perfect. How social media masks ... by eeZah7Ux on Thursday April 18, 2019 @01:07PM (#19692729)
There's plenty of scientific research on how various services mimic slot machines in stimulating reward mechanisms.

Victims of addictive behaviors need help, not blame like "just because you're addicted".

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