Friday, October 10, 2025

Social media's impact: A comparison to tobacco

The platforms know this. Their algorithms, built to maximize "engagement," have learned that anger can be addictive. Gone are cat videos — in is rage-bait. The more inflamed we feel about the other side, the longer we scroll, the more ads we see, the more money they make. That's not a bug in the system; it is the system...

https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/5546133-dopamine-driven-social-media/ 


 

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