Meta Execs Privately Compared Instagram to Addictive Drug, Court Filing Shows(www.nationalreview.com)
43 pointsby fortran77a day ago5 comments
  • NoPickleza day ago
    Bit hard for them to play down the addictive nature of the platform that they were actively finding ways to make more engaging and addictive.

    It's not like the app landed in their lap, they actively created it and sought to make it as engaging as possible.

    This is what most consumer companies do, its just that social media companies have a unique spot in everyones pocket.

    • bfkwlfkjfa day ago
      > its just that social media companies have a unique spot in everyones pocket.

      You're downplaying this. It's not "just that", it's the whole point. It's hard to make kitchen products more addictive, so it doesn't really matter what the consumer company would like.

  • hyperhelloa day ago
    What does "privately compared" mean? They speculated on the contrasts in a verbal exchange?
  • vivzkestrela day ago
    Why am I not suprised? Imagine if a law was passed saying every social media website on the planet has to show the location of the user compulsorily. Do you think it would cut down the hatred by propaganda bots and government actors? Meta also displays a huge amount of racism though it is not as bad as X I suppose
    • ta1265342119 hours ago
      ...you mean the thing that X is currently doing? Clicking on "joing in XY" now shows you for most accounts some private data, like where they are operated from :-D