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by cmdshiftf4 2409 days ago
>When you post something you get that happy feeling seeing the like count of it, it makes you feel good and then you keep checking on it regularly which is a problem, and why I don't post anymore.

I stopped using Instagram altogether because of the above dopamine effect. Not in myself - I rarely posted anyway - but watching its effect on close friends has been somewhat dismaying.