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 0
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 0
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 17/04/2026So long as you love your friends more than you hate Zuckerberg or Musk, you will remain stuck to their platforms. The platform bosses know this, and they inflict pain on you that is titrated to be *just* below the threshold where you hate the platforms more than you love your friends. 21/ 1204 0
