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Feb. 5th, 2025 11:10 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kradeelav(a/n: interesting internet history interaction....)
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joshdavham 15 minutes ago | next [–]
> One thing to consider for those of us who are more sensitive to online outrage is to just quit social media all together. I’m technically gen z and I’ve been off of social media (aside from HN, WhatsApp and discord) for years and you wouldn’t believe how great it’s been for my overall state of mind. Reddit, instagram, X, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn, Threads, etc are all the equivalent of digital junk food and I’d argue that we’re all a lot more negatively affected by it than we think. There’s a reason ‘brain rot’ was word of the year.
neom 3 minutes ago | parent | next [–]
> This is the way. I was a director of the community team at deviantart when it got going and I remember so many times thinking "if we get one of these apps for everything people are going to drown themselves in the internet" - because I used to have to actively check in on community members who we deemed addicted. Sure enough, here we are, except it seems nobody is looking out for the best interests of their communities anymore. Thank god for dang.
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joshdavham 15 minutes ago | next [–]
> One thing to consider for those of us who are more sensitive to online outrage is to just quit social media all together. I’m technically gen z and I’ve been off of social media (aside from HN, WhatsApp and discord) for years and you wouldn’t believe how great it’s been for my overall state of mind. Reddit, instagram, X, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn, Threads, etc are all the equivalent of digital junk food and I’d argue that we’re all a lot more negatively affected by it than we think. There’s a reason ‘brain rot’ was word of the year.
neom 3 minutes ago | parent | next [–]
> This is the way. I was a director of the community team at deviantart when it got going and I remember so many times thinking "if we get one of these apps for everything people are going to drown themselves in the internet" - because I used to have to actively check in on community members who we deemed addicted. Sure enough, here we are, except it seems nobody is looking out for the best interests of their communities anymore. Thank god for dang.
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Date: 2025-02-06 08:33 am (UTC)reading the second feel like that really shows how things have changed: now, everything's just trying to drag you back in. constantly. always.
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Date: 2025-02-06 02:13 pm (UTC)isn't that second comment so illuminating? relieved in a weird way it's not a *new* problem exactly, or at least community moderators saw it coming in a real way, but it's also a net negative for the world. good luck on your end. <3 hang in there.
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Date: 2025-02-08 06:27 am (UTC)I got off social media/networking last year - all but DW, and this is only my second time back since last summer (except for posting at my own journal). The gain in time I have to do other stuff has been enormous.
For anyone trying to cut back on their time online, I recommend (1) using software that will kick you offline after whatever time you tell it to, and (2) if you need full-time access to particular websites, get an hours tracker app (I like Atracker) and record how much time you're spending at those sites. Then choose a goal for how much time you want to spend at those sites weekly, and use the app to keep track of whether you're meeting that goal.
Basically, in a world where social media is engineered to suck us in, use good tech to fight bad tech.
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Date: 2025-02-08 04:53 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2025-02-08 07:19 pm (UTC)If you have Firefox or Chrome, I can recommend Leachblock.