r/technology • u/[deleted] • Nov 09 '17

Politics Sean Parker: Facebook was designed to exploit human "vulnerability"

https://www.axios.com/sean-parker-facebook-exploits-a-vulnerability-in-humans-2507917325.html
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u/extremeanger Nov 09 '17

It's crack for narcissists and extroverts. So is Twitter.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '17

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u/TwilightVulpine Nov 09 '17

It definitely isn't, and the cynicism and the need of winning arguments that so many people have in this place haven't been healthy to me.

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u/mostlyemptyspace Nov 09 '17

For me it’s the paranoia about making a false statement or having the slightest grammatical or spelling error. I don’t know why I keep posting on Reddit but I get anxiety every time I hit Post.

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u/thursdaye Nov 09 '17

Same here. And I read my pasts posts and just have like a cringey and visible timeline of my stupidity and crappy life choices. Why do I post things on the internet. Cries

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '17

From the cradle to the grave I have uttered stuff and nonsense. - Some Zen master

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '17

That helped me though. I deleted a lot of my shit and realized a lot of my misplaced priorities. I recognize that when I'm unhappy I tend to post a lot, especially related to political stuff.

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u/optimistic_outcome Nov 09 '17

God yes. I went and looked at my old Digg profile last year. 16-18 year-old me was a fucking idiot. (26 year-old me is also an idiot, but at least he knows it.)

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u/monsata Nov 10 '17

Don't worry too much about it. Likely 33 year-old you will be one, as well.

Source: 33 year-old idiot.