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.
That still sounds misleading. He was not speaking for 16 hours of use which is what the headline suggests. As other has stated, I hope those companies crumble but I think honesty is important, not sensationalization.
I fear for the future of reading comprehension. The article gives people multiple paragraphs of context to understand addiction as what is being talked about. I don’t expect the word to be wedged into every sentence about the same topic. Adam Mosseri was clearly doing everything in his playbook to not use the word addiction in a sentence.
But I do find it much more concerning that Analog appointed himself judge of bad articles, then either accidentally or intentionally omitted the preceding paragraphs that I had to quote for him.
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.
That still sounds misleading. He was not speaking for 16 hours of use which is what the headline suggests. As other has stated, I hope those companies crumble but I think honesty is important, not sensationalization.
I fear for the future of reading comprehension. The article gives people multiple paragraphs of context to understand addiction as what is being talked about. I don’t expect the word to be wedged into every sentence about the same topic. Adam Mosseri was clearly doing everything in his playbook to not use the word addiction in a sentence.
And Adam Mosseri knew better. We know he’s been confronted with evidence of addiction but doesn’t want to listen.
But I do find it much more concerning that Analog appointed himself judge of bad articles, then either accidentally or intentionally omitted the preceding paragraphs that I had to quote for him.
I fear for it currently if you think it’s okay to make up things people said and put it in a headline.