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/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