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The effect of deactivating Facebook and Instagram on users' emotional state

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506 points imakwana | 1 comments | 21 Apr 25 04:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.293s | source
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revskill ◴[21 Apr 25 04:58 UTC] No.43748606[source]▶
With ai, i hope the feed is more useful to me.
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ballooney ◴[21 Apr 25 05:02 UTC] No.43748627[source]▶
How could you _possibly_ believe a company like meta would use a new technology to act in your interests rather than theirs?
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d1sxeyes ◴[21 Apr 25 06:46 UTC] No.43749029[source]▶
It is not _completely_ naive to believe that in order for a service like Facebook to continue being successful, they must do _something_ that makes their users want to use it.

And therefore, it is not completely illogical to think that Meta’s interests and users’ interests must align.

(Not my opinion, just responding to your question)

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1. ballooney ◴[21 Apr 25 12:49 UTC] No.43751417[source]▶
No!

“they must do _something_ that makes their users want to use it.”

Is fentanyl acting in the interests of its addicts?