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[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

No, it's not like drugs at all.

Drugs have existed alongside for all of human evolution. Social media and smartphones are a brand new technology optimized to exploit you.

Also, we have extremely strict regulations on legal drugs and would not accept the effects of social media as a side effect.

[–] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm not comparing social media to drugs. I'm comparing reactionary banning of things.

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

And I'm pointing out how that is too broad a brush to be meaningful