By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 17/04/2026But there's a problem with this plan: your friends are not a liability for a platform. Your friends are the platforms' *single most important asset*. Your friends are why the platforms are so "sticky." 18/ 180
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 17/04/2026The platforms don't "hack your dopamine loops" - they *take your friends hostage*, and even though you love them, they're a monumental pain in the ass. 19/ 1100
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 17/04/2026If you can't even agree on what board-game you're going to play this weekend, how are you going to agree when it's time to leave Facebook, and where to go next? pluralistic.net/2023/01/08/w... 20/pluralistic.netPluralistic: Social Quitting (09 Jan 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 190
