<story><title>Facebook Is Full of Emotional-Support Groups</title><url>https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/10/facebook-emotional-support-groups/572941/?single_page=true</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>bad_user</author><text>I joined a group for T2 diabetes at some point because I have a stubborn friend that doesn’t want to receive proper treatment and I basically wanted to ask about available options.&lt;p&gt;Next thing I know is that Facebook started giving me ads for diabetics.&lt;p&gt;Having such an influential company know about your illnesses and sell that to advertisers or healthcare insurance agencies or credit agencies or god knows what else is frankly terrifying.</text></comment>
<story><title>Facebook Is Full of Emotional-Support Groups</title><url>https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/10/facebook-emotional-support-groups/572941/?single_page=true</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>antonkm</author><text>I support online groups, however I&amp;#x27;d prefer staying anonymous which simply isn&amp;#x27;t possible without faking your account on FB.&lt;p&gt;Reddit provides similar functionality and let&amp;#x27;s you stay anon. There&amp;#x27;s subreddits for pretty much any situation: alcohol abuse, drug abuse, kids growing up with narcissistic parents, spouses living in sexless relationships, etc etc. I did some research into the topic after reading this:
&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;the-intersect&amp;#x2F;wp&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;01&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;the-surprising-internet-forum-some-alcoholics-are-choosing-over-aa&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;the-intersect&amp;#x2F;wp&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;01...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Just Google your specific situation and Reddit will probably have a support sub.</text></comment>