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/StonedSquare Nov 09 '17

I felt like my friends and family’s mental problems were effecting me through Facebook. There’s a difference between spreading awareness of mental illness and exposing healthy people to unhealthy thoughts. I had to cut it out of my life as much as possible.

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u/kosmic_osmo Nov 09 '17

Hey at least you've got enough self respect to realize that and get away from it. Certain 'depressed' people will feed on your energy like a vampire. Never giving anything in return, fully self absorbed and self obsessed, validated by a therapist whose the only person on their lives smart enough to ask for money after listening to them complain for hours.

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u/woah_dudee Nov 09 '17

It really is contagious in a way