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An interesting thing is that the thread repeatedly talks about user's "happiness" without mentioning what they actually measured and how. Knowing for-profit corporates, "happiness" was most likely measured along some axis where it just so happens to coincide with "tendency to make users addicted and doomscrolling".
Sugar cubes will give me happiness and keep me coming back for more, as long as I don't notice the rot it's creating in me long term.
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@schwa @digital_carver spot on. they always conflate happiness with the amount of time spent on the site - their business depends on it