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the reality is that people would stop using facebook if they really hated it that much, and yet it still has 2.5 billion MAUs. there's a very loud minority of people who keep screaming "facebook bad!" because the NYT told them to (because facebook is eating their lunch). facebook doesn't inject your brain with foreign chemicals, it doesn't hold a gun to your head and force you to scroll through your timeline. don't like using facebook? close your fucking web browser.

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I think a lot of people don’t have the self awareness to realize the impacts on their own personal life. Many people aren’t able to be introspective or even fathom the possibility of potential defects of the internet or social media. It’s one thing to say the thing itself is bad. It’s another to say what’s it’s doing to them is bad and they need to initiate change for themselves. People get addicted to habits/ mindsets and that’s just as powerful as drugs.Understand your audience.

That being said, a large number of people are also pleased and are either able to use it without being affected by the negative effects or being ok with them/ not believing they are being harmed. I believe technology and the ability to connect can be a powerful and positive force when used in a healthy way.

The reality is that people would stop drinking soda, smoking cigarettes, binge drink alcohol, or sit in a chair 12 hours a day, if they were really that bad for you.

I don’t like to use Facebook, but extended family events are often planned on Facebook, local businesses sometime only use Facebook and Marketplace has become a popular alternative to Craigslist.

As usual, it’s not that simple. It should be ok to complain about Facebook and ask it to be better.

it's okay to complain about facebook and ask it to be better, but look at the situation we're in. people are claiming zuckerberg is responsible for the capitol insurrection and the genocide in Myanmar. we've reached full-on hysteria at this point, facebook derangement syndrome is real.

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