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Most people are aware of all the shady shit Facebook and other centralized social media corps pull, and care about it, but are in denial because their network effect is too strong
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It's not denial. It's lack of a better option. People know the world is messed up, they just don't know a better option. Even with fiat currency to insecure social media platforms
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Several people that I've warned about Facebook say that they can't quit, usually because they either advertise there, or just because everyone uses it and they want to keep in touch
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If you smoke enough cigarettes you will probably get #cancer. Quitting is hard, but it's most likely worth it.

Have you ever seen people with a hole in their neck?
Simon Van Gelder
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You can only quit if you want to quit. If you want to quit, it is disorienting, but not all that difficult. The wanting is the hard part.
Simon Van Gelder
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Breaking an addiction is an inherently violent process (you must destroy part or all of "yourself"). People tend to shy away from violence.
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That's an interesting way to think about it, I always saw it as distancing yourself from a dependency. It's much easier if you replace bad habits with constructive ones
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It's not always necessary to quit entirely either, some bad habits aren't that bad if done in moderation
Dos
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Quitter since 2006. No nicotine no alcohol. Only couple of months was tough in the beginning. Just a matter of habits lol.
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I had trouble quitting cigarettes too, but kicked them pretty easily when I started dating a non-smoker. It's nearly impossible without a good reason though, I'm at ~4 years now
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You can only quit an addiction if you have a good enough reason period. A good WHY? (reason to quit) will carry you through every single obstacle and hard time.
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Agreed. In my case, I basically have to break before I decide to make a change.
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It's because the content creators are there and #Memo and other decentralized platforms are not yet viable alternatives to Twitter and Facebook.