alt Hacker NewsI mean, these companies are themselves providing the tools to mass produce what would be labelled “spam,” the topic of the OP itself.
Deleting your account may not make even a pixel of difference in their KPI graphs, but -in addition to the mental benefits- you get the moral one of not being a participant in this mess…
They only support spam when it aligns with their own incentives. They hate when other people come along and spam the platform for free.