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Comment by ilrwbwrkhv

10 months ago

I think companies would have had a much harder time in perfecting the addiction formula if things were anonymous.

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SiempreViernes  10 months ago

We all still had defined identities back then, the nicks, even if we didn't use real names. And those are enough for targeting.

herval  10 months ago

Tiktok is entirely anonymous (well other than you showing your face if you post). So is Reddit. So is Candy Crush...

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