@TrevorGoodchild @SpoopyAnon @Shadowman311 @EscapeVelo @jb I'd read a related study recently that linked the increased depression in women directly to the increased use of social media on smartphones; the depression exploded at the same time that their dopamine hits leapt owing to all of those Likes.

This particular study talked about the big-four names who founded Facebook, Instagram, (and others I can't recall) who were discussing in a meeting that they knew the tiny little dopamine hits that come from getting Likes would become addicting, and they went forward anyway. They knew Facebook would become an addictive psychological disorder, and determined that that was a net-positive for them and would exploit it for all it was worth.

I'll see if I can find that. Very interesting.