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[–] 82 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Post headline deserves a downvote. Quote from article:

Lanier asked Mosseri what he thought of K.G.M's longest single day of use of Instagram being 16 hours.

"That sounds like problematic use," the Instagram boss answered. He did not call it an addiction.

He also didn’t say it was a tomato. Like wtf do you want, I can’t tell if he was asked specifically if 16 hours a day was an addiction. The prior question was about whether he had known she had a 16hr day, and he had not. (He should have; poor trial prep.)

This is sensationalist BS and I dearly want this platform to be better than that.

Just so we’re clear, Meta can die in a fire and the world would be better off, I’m not defending them in the slightest.

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  • [–] 91 points 6 months ago (30 children)

    The title is accurate.

    He was asked if it was an addiction, and he repeatedly used technicalities and weaseley language to refuse to admit it.

    "It's important to differentiate between clinical addiction and problematic use," [Instagram head Adam Mosseri] added.

    "I'm sure I've said that I've been addicted to a Netflix show when I binged it really late one night, but I don't think it's the same thing as clinical addiction."

    Yet, Mosseri repeatedly said he was not an expert in addiction in response to Lanier's questioning.

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  • [–] 37 points 6 months ago

    The entire line of questioning was about addiction and the CEO was pretending it wasn't (he didn't want up admit the truth because his company would be liable). The headline was accurate and your take is officially a hot one.

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