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Re:“User Engagement” Is Code for “Addiction” by luplex on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @08:50PM (#26161604)
Why does this type of ad work? Do people want to be addicted to something so badly? Don't they have something better to do?
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Re:“User Engagement” Is Code for “Addiction” by raindropm on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @01:00AM (#26163226)
People just don't have "free", quiet time to think or to reflect about things anymore, stolen by various things, social media mostly. You'll operate in automatic, always-consuming mode, rigged by algorithm, and that doesn't help you thinking critically when this kind of ads comes up.

and companies exploit these things and make tons of money, sad.

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Re:“User Engagement” Is Code for “Addiction” by lvturner on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @09:37PM (#26161986)
Escape.
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