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The echo chamber disenjoys dissonance.

I use FB to keep in touch with family and friends, and as a way for them to invite me to events. I avoid the "news" feed like the plague, and strongly prefer Imgur's User Submitted for a feed of "what's going on in the world today".

I think it's because the downvoters feel like it doesn't add anything to the discussion, because you don't really address the concerns in the article.

Perhaps your comment didn't add anything useful to the discussion other than a lightweight opinion?

However, HN downvotes do seem to be trending toward "I disagree" recently too, in my experience.

As if these constant digs at Facebook amount to deep nuance?

By all means, if you can't use a website without becoming addicted to it, disconnect.

But there's no need to damn everyone else with the "that's exactly what an addict would say" kafkatrap rhetoric that seems to be so popular every time the topic comes up.

It's of the same amount of value as the canned "delete facebook" comments we see in every thread on it (including the current top-ranked comment, which has zero value and is factually wrong).

Facebook isn't new anymore so it's not cool to like it. I also find it vastly more useful than other social media sites.