Facebook is an addiction treadmill most may never be able to quit
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#2I disconnected from nearly all social media about four years ago, and it was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.
I did not even notice the recent Facebook outage in my daily life, and wouldn’t have even been aware of it without HN.
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#3I disconnected from nearly all social media about four years ago, and it was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. I did not even notice the recent Facebook outage in my daily life, and wouldn’t have even been aware of it without HN.
Same here. It's been glorious getting all of that wasted time back. (To say nothing of the weird, latent background depression that suddenly vanished when I deleted said accounts.)
Re: Facebook is an addiction treadmill most may never be able to quit
#4I disconnected from nearly all social media about four years ago, and it was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. I did not even notice the recent Facebook outage in my daily life, and wouldn’t have even been aware of it without HN.
I noticed right away because whatsapp went down. Pretty much all my social media is on whatsapp now.
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#5I disconnected from nearly all social media about four years ago, and it was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. I did not even notice the recent Facebook outage in my daily life, and wouldn’t have even been aware of it without HN.
In the past several years I was able to leverage Facebook groups to meet people and find activities when I moved abroad, furnish an apartment when I moved back, discover a niche retro gaming community that I adore, share photos and memories with old friends when a high school friend passed away, collect stories and remembrances that were shared for an uncle who died and share those with his elderly, non-tech parents, to name just a few experiences that would be difficult to replicate without Facebook.
I don't like Facebook, but I can't deny the value it has added to my life.
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Re: Facebook is an addiction treadmill most may never be able to quit
#7I disconnected from nearly all social media about four years ago, and it was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. I did not even notice the recent Facebook outage in my daily life, and wouldn’t have even been aware of it without HN.
And, yet, here you are on HN ;D
Re: Facebook is an addiction treadmill most may never be able to quit
#8I disconnected from nearly all social media about four years ago, and it was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. I did not even notice the recent Facebook outage in my daily life, and wouldn’t have even been aware of it without HN.
And, yet, here you are on HN ;D
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Re: Facebook is an addiction treadmill most may never be able to quit
#9As someone who's recovered from multiple substance addictions in the past, it is so painfully obvious when I see social media addicts. It's literally the exact same behavior. The compulsion, the lack of awareness, the ignoring of friends and loved ones while mindlessly scrolling; it's all there. Social addiction is even more sinister because the feedback loop is scientifically optimized in a way no substance could ever match, and it feeds the most base primal need that humans have which is status and recognition. It's more powerful than even hunger. I don't know how we can possibly get away from this.
Re: Facebook is an addiction treadmill most may never be able to quit
#10I disconnected from nearly all social media about four years ago, and it was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. I did not even notice the recent Facebook outage in my daily life, and wouldn’t have even been aware of it without HN.
In the past several years I was able to leverage Facebook groups to meet people and find activities when I moved abroad, furnish an apartment when I moved back, discover a niche retro gaming community that I adore, share photos and memories with old friends when a high school friend passed away, collect stories and remembrances that were shared for an uncle who died and share those with his elderly, non-tech parents,…
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