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    • bill
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      6 years ago

      "What if Facebook is rotting our brains?" "But what if all that Facebook is not good for us?"

      I'M SO SICK OF THIS POSITIONED AS A QUESTION. IT IS AN ABSOLUTE. Facebook IS rotting brains. It DOES make people stupid, sad & superficial.

      Everyone I know who has axed their account is happy about it. It's true that there are some benefits (an easy way to "stay in touch" with your family, for example) but the costs so OBVIOUSLY, OUTRAGEOUSLY outweigh the benefits it's insane. Literally, not sane. Nobody on any deathbed anywhere wished they spent just a few more hours scrolling on their news feed. It's fucking junk food - an epidemic - and people need to stop.

      Mark Zuckerberg, I'm certain, doesn't sleep at night because he knows it too...