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Stephen King Shares Controversial Remarks On Facebook And Addiction

While some agreed with what he had to say, it left others extremely angry.
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It was almost impossible to not notice Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, and even other sites were all down yesterday for an outage lasting multiple hours. While services like Netflix and even YouTube struggled to keep up with the massive influx of traffic, many simply disconnected entirely to enjoy other things.

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Still, it seems horror legend Stephen King had some strong thoughts on the entire situation. He put his thoughts on Twitter where most fans seem to agree with his feelings.

However, many others in the replies took issue with King’s statement. Many mentioned this kind of attitude trivialized addiction in many ways.

Others discussed how this heavily affected businesses and daily lives which makes many people’s worries entirely valid.

https://twitter.com/phillips_tonia/status/1445268557470867457

And still more pointed out he missed the point of what happened with Facebook entirely.

https://twitter.com/Sporadix/status/1445381352635912197

Whatever your thoughts are on the subject, it looks like Stephen King will be hot water with many people for the foreseeable future.


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Allie Capps is the Assigning Editor at We Got This Covered. Her over 10 years of experience include editing rulebooks for board games, writing in the world of esports, and being an award-winning author and poet published in several anthologies and her own standalone books. Her work has been featured at GameRant, Anime Herald, Anime Feminist, SmashBoards, PokeGoldfish, and more. In her free time, she's likely gallantly trying to watch Groundhog Day once a day, every day, for a year for its 30th anniversary.