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Re:Facebook quitters report more life satisfaction, less dep... by tareqak on Thursday February 13, 2020 @02:53PM (#22320858)
Both can be addictions whose severity range can range from inconsequential, to minor, to debilitating, to life-ending.
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Re:Facebook quitters report more life satisfaction, less dep... by GcVmvNhBsU on Thursday February 13, 2020 @02:56PM (#22320887)
One is a physical dependence, the other is a psychological dependence.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3480687/

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Re:Facebook quitters report more life satisfaction, less dep... by s_y_n_t_a_x on Thursday February 13, 2020 @04:03PM (#22321399)
Well now we are getting into regulating dopamine responses, which is too broad to apply to a single website which is probably why the article doesn't have a source.

This article is just a hit piece. This is the trash on HN these days.

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Re:Facebook quitters report more life satisfaction, less dep... by whytaka on Thursday February 13, 2020 @02:55PM (#22320878)
Almost everyone has uncontrollable mental patterns. Some are more self destructive than others.
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