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hisfraudulencyyesterday at 6:04 PM3 repliesview on HN

There's an incredible cultural contempt for social media, everyone recognizes the harms, but we collectively spend more and more time on social media apps.

Wat mean?


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estimator7292yesterday at 6:49 PM

Ask yourself the same question but replace "social media" with "tobacco"

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fullsharkyesterday at 6:11 PM

It means it's addictive

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justapassengeryesterday at 9:16 PM

1. Because people like it. 2. “Social media” is not the right term to describe those apps anymore. There’s nothing social about them - just an algorithm feeding you stuff. True social media aren’t that different from forums - places where you can interact with other people (in either healthy or unhealthy way).