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veen  ·  3974 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I Liked Everything I Saw on Facebook for Two Days. Here’s What It Did to Me

That would be actually interesting - this article isn't. Maybe it's because I don't like his writing style (written like a middle school trip report) or the gist of what he has to say (why would I care that you had "problems" with liking related people, it doesn't matter).

He spends one paragraph brushing over society and then continues his account of looking at Buzzfeed articles in his Facebook feed, talking about mechanics that are no surprise at all. Of course Facebook wants me to like as much as possible, that's how they get to know me better. There's a reason the site constantly asks me what movies I've seen, what books I've read etc.

I think an analysis of how social media works, the intricacies of Facebooks algorithm is worth talking about, but I have to agree with _refugee_; this article is kinda stupid.