Behavioral persistence (reduced Facebook use) does not license the inference that short-term attitude effects persist or compound, as behavior and attitudes may follow different dynamics.

[UNDERCUT] The deactivation study measured reduced Facebook use after the experiment, not persistence of attitude change. Behavioral habit changes do not establish that attitude changes persist or compound over time. Therefore, Behavioral persistence (reduced Facebook use) does not license the inference that short-term attitude effects persist or compound, as behavior and attitudes may follow different dynamics. (Warrant: Using behavioral persistence as a sign of attitude persistence conflates different outcome variables; the inference from one to the other requires additional evidence not provided.)

• The deactivation study measured reduced Facebook use after the experiment, not persistence of attitude change.
• Behavioral habit changes do not establish that attitude changes persist or compound over time.

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• Is the literature really agreed that defects of kind K bias inferences in direction B, or is the bias direction itself contested?Open
• Does study S actually have defect D, or is the description of S inaccurate?Open
• Is the expected magnitude of the bias from D large enough to overturn S's reported effect, or is the effect robust to plausible bias corrections?Open
• Has S (or a follow-up study) performed a robustness check or sensitivity analysis that addresses defect D directly?Open
• Is this critique applied consistently — i.e., would it apply to studies on the other side of the debate that share the same defect kind K?Open
• Is H supported by independent studies that do not share defect D, such that S's defect does not undermine H itself?Open

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