> Oh great, so now people have to do just one more step to get the same dopamine rush.

Friction is useful. Sure, this doesn't solve for some hypothetical influencer types or advertisers getting count data. For the hypothetical teenager who is apparently being made mentally unwell by social media, this probably precludes their putting forth the effort.

Then again I think back to all of those "See Who Viewed Your Page" malware ads from back in my day, and wonder if this isn't one viral app away from being useless.

Who the fuck knows? At least it's an attempt. They can go back to the drawing board if this fails.