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by Terr_ 729 days ago
Reminds me of a court case [0] proactively challenging Facebook, due to a time the company gave someone a lifetime ban [1] for making this kind of consumer-tool.

[0] https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/02/meta_facebook_tool/

[1] https://slate.com/technology/2021/10/facebook-unfollow-every...

1 comments

A lifetime ban from Facebook would be a blessing for me :)
LOL a lifetime ban from Facebook?! Whatever will we do with all that better mental health and free time from not doomscrolling all day! Don’t threaten me with a good time!
As someone who has read tons of books, articles, etc, on the addictive qualities of Facebook and the personal harm it can do - and personally observed the effects it was having on me - I STILL only deleted the Facebook app from my phone a few weeks ago.

The dissonance between what we know is good for us and our actual behaviour in the face of addiction is truly incredible.