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[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Well it makes people feel like they've done something.

[–] azron@lemmy.ml 20 points 5 days ago

Exactly. If the effort is low the result likely will be as well.

[–] Phoenixbouncing@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

Which is worse than useless since it renovated the impetus to do anything else.

It's like when you tell everyone your new years resolution and they all go "wow you're really courageous, well done on turning the new leaf". Your brain goes "ok, got my recompense for that, no need to put more effort in there" and bye bye resolution.