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select1today at 3:37 AM4 repliesview on HN

No one is breaking into cars to pay for Facebook, but they absolutely are with regards to heroin.


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Xirdustoday at 3:56 AM

People are breaking into cars because of social media trends. Remember Kia Challenge? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kia_Challenge

alastairrtoday at 4:34 AM

If heroin was free, nobody would be breaking into cars but there'd still be a problem.

I think we're missing the point debating addictiveness. meta very deliberately use patterns that result in compulsive usage - and at the scale they operate - cause a substantial amount of societal damage as a result.

Frickentoday at 3:52 AM

Facebook is legal, like alcohol. People drive drunk and kill people. People drive while using facebook and kill people as well.

psunavy03today at 4:12 AM

They're also not doing that to pay for tobacco. Come on. Heroin is justifiably illegal for good reason already; you're stretching the analogy past breaking point.