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The effects of Facebook on our society have been extreme, often negative, and for the most part unforeseen until more recently. People consider it to have precipitated a crisis.

Is there any plausible argument that LinkedIn has contributed to the decline of society? Because it’s at least arguable that Facebook has.

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Just because your impact on the world is not as huge or consequential as Facebook doesn’t give you free range to exploit user data as you please and protect you from legitimate criticism for doing so. That is classic “whataboutism”