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by iscrewyou 3238 days ago
Definitely. But the information I get from here makes my life productive. I am a civil engineer and sometimes I have no idea what half the words are that people say around here. But I get to learn something new everyday. It's just a guarantee.

But with social media, their business model is to make me click on or look at things. That's just where it ends for them. And the productivity value is just not there. Yes, you can find helpful information, but I have to sift through so much noise.