Relating with social media
On why social media won't save us and my personal journey to healing from its scars
Relating with social media
On why social media won't save us and my personal journey to healing from its scars
“We’ve been too busy reacting that whence forgotten how to respond”
Permission to stop, start, and evolve—no matter the timing – Matilda Lucy
“It’s probs fair to say that basically all of us have considered quitting the apps altogether or at the very least setting some healthy boundaries to keep the feeds from eating up all our mental and emotional energy. I mean, skipping one whole day of scrolling past “friends” who question the efficacy of science-backed vaccines or images of peoples’
... See moreIn a 2017 interview, Facebook’s founding president Sean Parker said:
“The thought process that went into building these applications, Facebook being the first of them, … was all about: ‘How do we consume as much of your time and conscious attention as possible?’ And that means that we need to sort of give you a little dopamine hit every once in a while. […] It’s a social-validation feedback loop … exactly the kind of thing that a hacker like myself would come up with, because you’re exploiting a vulnerability in human psychology.”
Finally, a different perspective on the tiktok ban.
Ah, the age old question!