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Re:Meta is building a decentralized, text-based social network by akira2501 on Friday March 10, 2023 @12:59PM (#35098255)
This puts the cart before the horse. Otherwise, you seem to be assuming that all people on social networks were somehow tricked into being there.

They're there for a reason. It just so happens that this current implementation of entertainment is particularly popular. Is that because they lack other options or because this is actually prime entertainment? Or is it because it's essentially free and mildly fulfilling and socially useful for people?

Either way I doubt a "solution" is to essentially "make it illegal."

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Re:Meta is building a decentralized, text-based social network by mym1990 on Friday March 10, 2023 @02:55PM (#35099996)
Making it illegal would be silly, society would need to come to the conclusion on its own, which is why social media will probably not ever go away.

The trap is exactly what you just said: "it's essentially free". Which of course it is not. Time is one's most valuable resource, I guess it is up to you what you value it. Mental well being has value. Privacy has value. I really don't know that many people that walk away from FB or IG or Twitter and say "that was fulfilling". Maybe I am really off base there.

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