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Discussion on: You don’t owe social media anything!

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Jason Huebel

THIS. All this and then some. Social media is not a healthy environment. It hasn't been for a while. What they call "engagement" actually roughly translates to "keep them hooked". Social media companies are basically drug dealers.

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Jason Huebel

BTW, I wanted to mention that I don't consider dev.to as unhealthy. I've often found that topical social networks are civil-- and often encouraging. dev.to is that.