On walled gardens and social media traps..
It turns out we fear missing out more than we actually enjoy interacting on social media.

A very elegant blog post explaining a new paper which looked at college students use of Instagram + TikTok but that is probably also a nice explanation of why so many people are still on X/twitter..
#SoMe #SocialMediaTrap

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When Product Markets Become Collective Traps: The Case of Social Media | BFI

Large shares of consumers use Instagram and TikTok out of a fear of missing out rather than genuine interest and, as a result, are worse off than if...

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