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Re:Finland to end "uncontrolled human experiment" with ban o... by shevy-java on Saturday January 31, 2026 @04:57PM (#46841313)
> Today social media is more like a drug, to keep the user engaged and to push content to them.

Agreed but you have this on many websites such as youtube. Is youtube the next to get banned here? I mean you can write comments to so it is kind of a social mediua setup as well.

> So it's probably fine to just block the big platforms. Forums or messengers (without ads and public channels) are probably fine.

I don't know. It sounds quite arbitrary to me.

Not that I have anything against chopping down the big platforms. They truly abuse many people.

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Re:Finland to end "uncontrolled human experiment" with ban o... by direwolf20 on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @07:00AM (#46869897)
YouTube is social media. It feels less harmful than tiktok but it's in the same category, and shorts is just a copy of tiktok. Algorithmic feed? Check. Optimized for engagement? Check.
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