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by dirtnugget 1963 days ago
Exactly what I thought.

For anyone unfamiliar with the term: As an example, gaslighting is when Alice and Bob had an argument. Alice slaps Bob in the face. Then, three weeks later, Bob goes back to Alice and asks "why did you slap me during that fight" and Alice would go "That never happened, Bob. You slapped me. Are you insane?" Thus making Bob question his memory and sanity by insisting on a false narrative.

What Facebook is doing is simply trying to lure people, it doesn't mean they are trying to question their sanity.