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Re:A Teenager’s View on Social Media by mbesto on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @02:19PM (#8852640)
The "liking" feature on FB/Instagram is one of the clearest manifestations of the vanity-seeking behavior that all humans possess.

Here's my longer form take on it: http://www.techdisruptive.com/2014/05/01/vanity-sells/

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Re:A Teenager’s View on Social Media by quadrangle on Thursday January 08, 2015 @02:09AM (#8855327)
Hah, you just want to get people to click that link to your article so you can get views and feel good about yourself.

[Cue reply to me saying I'm only replying so that I can see other people pay attention to me and reply to my comment.]

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Re:A Teenager’s View on Social Media by mbesto on Thursday January 08, 2015 @10:59AM (#8856931)
You get an upvote good sir!
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