[matkoniecz]

> Was original facebook a painkiller? Instagram?

I would say that it was closer to a tasty pizza.

It was definitely not fitting either "vitamin" (worth investing for future payoff) or painkiller (solving immediate and urgent need[1])

[1] I guess that hiding/temporary fix is not intended to be part of this allegory

[fxtentacle]

At my university, Facebook was the painkiller for involuntary celibacy ;)

[astrange]

Lots of people run businesses out of their Instagram accounts. Might not be what it was for, but those followers can be valuable.