Re:Ask HN: Is quitting social media (Instagram, snap) sign o...
by rootsudo on Friday December 31, 2021 @06:53PM
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No, you are just better then the app and engineers that design it to be addictive. Everyone thinks tech is supposed to be complicated, it isn't. Feedback loops, dopamine spikes and network effects were keen to human survival for millenniums.
Now they're being exploited to profit off you. Why stay in that cage? Be free, delete the apps and see what's really left in the world.
Now they're being exploited to profit off you. Why stay in that cage? Be free, delete the apps and see what's really left in the world.