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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

How hard up are you for Facebook? Like, there's a technical solution, sure. But a big part of social media's addictive quality is ease of access.

Making access annoying absolutely will curb teen use.

[–] gwen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

downloading and using a vpn is super easy now though?????

[–] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Sure, but what they're saying is that even a little bit of friction will make some people give up, and that kills the virality of things like social media

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