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Title: Trapped – the secret ways social media is built to be addictive (and what you can do to fight back)
Post by: truth_seeker on July 23, 2019, 04:41:42 am

Trapped – the secret ways social media is built to be addictive (and what you can do to fight back)
"Social media isn’t designed with your long-term happiness in mind”
By Catherine Price
29th October, 2018 at 08:00

Just read it.
https://www.sciencefocus.com/future-technology/trapped-the-secret-ways-social-media-is-built-to-be-addictive-and-what-you-can-do-to-fight-back/ (https://www.sciencefocus.com/future-technology/trapped-the-secret-ways-social-media-is-built-to-be-addictive-and-what-you-can-do-to-fight-back/)

Title: Re: Trapped – the secret ways social media is built to be addictive (and what you can do to fight ba
Post by: Sanguine on July 23, 2019, 10:33:40 pm

Interesting @truth_seeker .

Title: Re: Trapped – the secret ways social media is built to be addictive (and what you can do to fight ba
Post by: Bill Cipher on July 24, 2019, 02:08:28 am

Does this include political discussion fora?

Title: Re: Trapped – the secret ways social media is built to be addictive (and what you can do to fight ba
Post by: Sanguine on July 24, 2019, 02:13:48 am

Quote from: Bill Cipher on July 24, 2019, 02:08:28 am

Does this include political discussion fora?

I think it does.

Title: Re: Trapped – the secret ways social media is built to be addictive (and what you can do to fight ba
Post by: Bill Cipher on July 24, 2019, 02:14:48 am

Quote from: Sanguine on July 24, 2019, 02:13:48 am

I think it does.

Uh-oh!!

Title: Re: Trapped – the secret ways social media is built to be addictive (and what you can do to fight ba
Post by: bigheadfred on July 24, 2019, 02:32:27 am

Can I just throw this laptop at my TV?

Title: Re: Trapped – the secret ways social media is built to be addictive (and what you can do to fight ba
Post by: truth_seeker on July 24, 2019, 03:15:48 am

Quote from: Bill Cipher on July 24, 2019, 02:08:28 am

Does this include political discussion fora?

The article does much better, than I could explain to yoou.

Title: Re: Trapped – the secret ways social media is built to be addictive (and what you can do to fight ba
Post by: Bill Cipher on July 24, 2019, 10:23:20 am

Quote from: truth_seeker on July 24, 2019, 03:15:48 am

The article does much better, than I could explain to yoou.

Sorry; I was being a little tongue-in-cheek with my comment.