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What If Social Media Could Tell You When You’re Mean?

Ditching likes for facial scans could be the way to a kinder, if creepier, online world.
Source: Kwiyeon Ha / Reuters

Years ago, when I still used Facebook a lot, I posted a really mean reply to a friend’s post. A real friend, too, not just a “Facebook friend.” The aftermath was ruinous. My friend forgave me, thank goodness, but I was so horrified at my gaffe that I purged my account, shedding thousands of friends. I stopped posting my

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