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matkoniecz on Nov 30, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: The last three years of my work will be permanentl...

> Was original facebook a painkiller? Instagram?

I would say that it was closer to a tasty pizza.

It was definitely not fitting either "vitamin" (worth investing for future payoff) or painkiller (solving immediate and urgent need[1])

[1] I guess that hiding/temporary fix is not intended to be part of this allegory

fxtentacle on Nov 30, 2022 | [–]

At my university, Facebook was the painkiller for involuntary celibacy ;)

astrange on Nov 30, 2022 | [–]

Lots of people run businesses out of their Instagram accounts. Might not be what it was for, but those followers can be valuable.

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