Definition:
The user mentions how they or other users are addicted to the application or describes that they use it excessively.
Against:
Once you scroll and you get a fun algorithm with
fun videos, you just can’t stop there because it’s just
so much fun. But you really shouldn't.[1]
I really don't like the YT rabbit hole and design of YT to be addictive. There are also to many ads. The platform becoming a cesspool for misinformation/disinformation and right wing conspiracy theories is also a very big problem.[2]
This post also refers to False information.
Neutral:
[…] most social media applications like Instagram,
Snapchat, WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter. I know some
people who, use those applications like 12 hours a day,
13 hours a day.[1]
In favor:
[1] Yagil Elias, Tom P. Humbert, Lauren Olson, Emitzá Guzmán. What is unethical about software? User perceptions in the Netherlands. Proceedings of ICSE-SEIS (2025). IEEE.
[2] Tjikhoeri, N., Olson, L. & Guzmán, E. The best ends by the best means: ethical concerns in app reviews. Empir Software Eng 29, 138 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-024-10463-7
[3] L. Olson, E. Guzmán and F. Kunneman, “Along the Margins: Marginalized Communities’ Ethical Concerns about Social Platforms,” 2023 IEEE/ACM 45th International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Society (ICSE-SEIS), Melbourne, Australia, 2023, pp. 71-82, doi: 10.1109/ICSE-SEIS58686.2023.00013.