Facebook is an addiction treadmill most may never be able to quit

Post by TedDoesntTalk » Thu, Oct 07, 2021, 6:57 AM UTC

Radim wrote: post #217

lurquer wrote: post #212

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m just waiting till I reach 1000. I’m at 995... I get up to 999, and then I fuck up and make an anti-vaccine post and plummet back to the 980’s. Once I hit 1000, I’m outa here. Promise.

FWIW, I found your past comments articulate and well-supported. Please don't take the downvoting herds too much to heart – there was no "fuck up" on your part :-) BTW I upvoted a bunch of your comments right now, but apparently with no effect to your karma. You (or I?) may have angered the HN algo gods.

Post by darepublic » Thu, Oct 07, 2021, 7:12 AM UTC

khazhoux wrote: post #220

sandworm101 wrote: post #216

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Except that on HN I have actually learned a things or two. I have been connected to useful articles on topics that have solved many of my tech problems in recent years. Nobody has ever gotten anything useful from a facebook news feed. The core difference is that while Facebook seeks to keep our eyes on facebook, places like HN actively encourage people to post links to material outside the core service. HN doesn't tr…

> Nobody has ever gotten anything useful from a facebook news feed. Millions of people disagree, and frankly it's not our place to judge what is useful for others. It's not all snark and misinformation. > The core difference is that while Facebook seeks to keep our eyes on facebook, places like HN actively encourage people to post links to material outside the core service. But that's just an opinion, that staying on…

Post by samfar90 » Thu, Oct 07, 2021, 7:41 AM UTC

speedybird wrote: post #166

ed_elliott_asc wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think my wife is addicted, she will pick up her phone to do one thing but first goes to Facebook and scrolls, then she forgets what she was using her phone for. Maybe not addicted but she has a habit of going to Facebook every time she uses her phone.

"Addiction is a biopsychosocial disorder characterized by compulsive engagement in rewarding stimuli despite adverse consequences." "Despite adverse consequences" is a key component of addiction. For instance, many people can consume alcohol fairly regularly without the alcohol causing trouble for them. But if the alcohol starts to get in the way of work or disrupt your family life, that is a textbook warning sign of…

Post by yosito » Thu, Oct 07, 2021, 7:46 AM UTC

jay_kyburz wrote: post #82

yosito wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I wish someone would make a site like that again! On a technical level, it's not hard. On business level, it's doubtful if there's a compelling enough business model to prevent it from becoming another surveillance capitalism platform. And on a societal level, it seems impossible that living generations will ever trust a platform en masse again enough to achieve such ubiquity.

I'm convinced that there is a service people will pay for. My idea is that _somebody_ in a social group will want it to happen, and that they can pay for the whole group.

Post by betwixthewires » Thu, Oct 07, 2021, 8:34 AM UTC

smsm42 wrote: post #224

betwixthewires wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you ever met a nutrient deficient heroin, crack or meth addict? I'd be willing to bet those habits are closer to the top than food, but they seem to forego it and take that as far as they can without dying. We are talking about addiction here after all.

Those are physiological addictions that literally rewire your body chemistry and how your brain perceives reality. There's addiction and there's addiction.