Hacker News: VA0https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=VA0Hacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:42:08 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by VA0 in "Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels"]]>brilliant!

]]>Thu, 15 Aug 2024 02:42:29 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41252701VA0https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41252701https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41252701<![CDATA[New comment by VA0 in "Yes, social media is a cause of the epidemic of teenage mental illness"]]>Social media is designed to make money, whether that be from selling data or conglomerating it and advertising to you. They want the user to be purely a consumer. They are designed to make people reactive and have a short attention span, they are easier to sell to.the users mental reward system is essentially brainwashed to be an easier target to sell to.

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