Subj : Social Media is Dangerous
To   : All
From : Cobradile
Date : Sun Dec 26 2021 14:39:52

So I was reading this post on Gemini from someone who deleted all of their 
social media apps on their phone and they found
themselves staring at their phone at times, as if they wanted to go on social 
media for their doomscrolling dopamine hits.

I did something very similar on my iPad, which I usually use at night when I 
get to bed. I only had Discord and a 3rd party Reddit
app on it but I nonetheless experienced the same thing as this person. I found 
myself staring at my iPad, looking for something,
anything, to get that dopamine hit. It almost felt like withdrawal, which is 
weird because I never considered myself addicted to
the platforms!

After a while, though, I chose to either just go to sleep, or read a magazine, 
or play a game instead, and I feel like my mental
health has improved significantly since. It makes me realise how dangerous 
Social Media is to one's mental health, and it's a
wonder why it isn't talked about more.

I'm no doubt preaching to the choir here, but I'm of the opinion that Social 
Media has done nothing but bad to our society
overall. Everything social media, and their defenders, claim to do was already 
possible on BBS, email and Forums, but most of the
time, not even as good of a job (With the exception of Twitter, which is a 
great tool as a Game Dev for attracting attention),
and on top of that, they have their algorithms to keep you addicted to their 
platforms so they can show you more ads generated by
the data they harvested for you. They also provide less and easier targets for 
the wrong people to get their way, as we've seen
with Brexit and Donald Trump campaigns. It's a mess.

Would even go as far as to say the social part of their name is a lie, since 
it's pretty clear being social isn't the goal.
Sure, you get to meet new people and interact with them, but you can also do 
that in an office job, but you wouldn't call those
social gettogethers, would you?

Anyway, I'm getting off track. Has anyone else done this? What were your 
experiences?

.... A social life? Where can I download that!?

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