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		twelve40 15 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The death of social media is the renaissance of RS... the obvious problem with replacing the algorithm is that people actually crave that shit, after all there have been tens of thousands of highly trained engineers making it as addictive as possible. So, no chance.

sznio 15 days ago [–]

Just like other addictions, people can choose to quit them.

I feel tiktok is slightly more difficult to drop than cigarettes.

abraxas 15 days ago | [–]

Maybe one day we will view those indulging in social media the way we see those sitting at Vegas slot machines at 9am on Tuesday.

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