• MrSilkworm@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Algorithmic Addiction from Social Media consumption. An analogy would be Caffeine addiction from coffee consumption.

    Most people who use smartphones are addicts and are far from being aware of it.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah I’m feeling that. I thought I had kicked up, but Lemmy is getting too good lately…

      And Lemmy isn’t even intentionally employing dark patterns to drive up my engagement.

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        1 year ago

        I don’t know if you are using the web UI or an app, but I found that if you use a mobile app it gets even more addictive. I had to delete Connect from my phone because it made it easier to just sit and scroll. Now I’m doing that on the web anyway, argh…

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        1 year ago

        I haven’t yet become addicted to Lemmy. Still relapsing from a decade of Reddit. I barely remember how to live without it.