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
“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 moreSean Parker, Facebook’s founding president, said: “The thought process that went into building these applications ... was all about: ‘How do we consume as much of your time and conscious attention as possible?’”
How Social Media Shortens Your Life
In 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.”
Omg same! You don’t even realize how much mental and emotional energy you’re subconsciously devoting to social media until you cut yourself off from it. It’s crazy. Probably one of my biggest personal wins this year was letting go of all of it.
Morgan Jungelssubstack.comI used to work with a client who followed many of these coaches. Her feed was FULL of fantasy marketing and after a while, whether you like it not, that gets to a person.
Not least because of the echo chamber effect of social media. Once you follow one of these grifters individuals, your Explore page is full of them.
And when I say it gets to a... See more
Not least because of the echo chamber effect of social media. Once you follow one of these grifters individuals, your Explore page is full of them.
And when I say it gets to a... See more
some pretty uncomfortable but needed insights into people’s obsession with social media coaches. By Bella Foxwell.
Opinion | I’m a 17-Year-Old TikTok Junkie. I Need This Ban.
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Finally, a different perspective on the tiktok ban.
if you want to be a person that regurgitates meaningless babble to create an illusion of competence, Linkedin is just the right place for you.
Amen
I know Instagram has lots of faults. I’m not going to sit here and pretend it’s perfect. But what got lost in the “I’m Leaving Social Media” discourse is that shunning a platform like Instagram does not make the job of growing a following, a business, an email list, a publication any easier.
Be cautious about the promises made in a 5-second Reel. If someone’s content consistently leaves you feeling overwhelmed, inadequate, or distracted, hit the unfollow button.
Refocus on what truly matters for your business—building strong relationships with your audience, creating value-driven content, and sticking to strategies that align with your... See more
Refocus on what truly matters for your business—building strong relationships with your audience, creating value-driven content, and sticking to strategies that align with your... See more
