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Re: Facebook quitters report more life satisfaction, less depression and anxiety

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Post by apodysophilia » Thu, Feb 13, 2020, 8:51 PM UTC

anderber wrote: post #101

INTPenis wrote: post #89

What gave me the most satisfaction is quitting the news. Incidentally I don't have or use any social media either. Except imgur and sometimes among the funny memes I get news. But I'm afraid for people I meet who always remind me of all the awful things they've seen in the news. I'm aware of none of this until someone tells me. And yet my life is the same as everyone elses. Not knowing what is going on, living in a c…

I absolutely understand what you're saying. But part of me feels an obligation to be informed to hold those in power accountable. If everyone follows the advice of avoiding the news, what effect would that have in our Govenment?

It might be a benefit. Being misinformed could be worse than being uninformed.

Re: Facebook quitters report more life satisfaction, less depression and anxiety

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Post by mindcrime » Thu, Feb 13, 2020, 8:52 PM UTC

veb wrote: post #109

mindcrime wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not really, because I have an ideological aversion to closed off / walled-garden protocols like that. Part of what my switch away from the whole FB/Twitter/Etc. thing is going to be going back to mainly using XMPP for chat. And anybody who can't, or won't, join an XMPP network and use an XMPP client is somebody I don't need to chat with.

You might like PixelFed ( https://pixelfed.social/ ) it's a completely open sourced project based on federation.

I'll check that out. Something based around Fediverse integration / open standards / open protocols is definitely a big part of what I want.

Re: Facebook quitters report more life satisfaction, less depression and anxiety

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Feb 13, 2020, 8:53 PM UTC

INTPenis wrote: post #89

What gave me the most satisfaction is quitting the news. Incidentally I don't have or use any social media either. Except imgur and sometimes among the funny memes I get news. But I'm afraid for people I meet who always remind me of all the awful things they've seen in the news. I'm aware of none of this until someone tells me. And yet my life is the same as everyone elses. Not knowing what is going on, living in a c…

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Re: Facebook quitters report more life satisfaction, less depression and anxiety

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Post by ralmidani » Thu, Feb 13, 2020, 8:53 PM UTC

wutwutwutwut wrote: post #88

phyek wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You got to be kidding me. You "exclusively" rely on FB for news? That's like trusting a Nigerian scammer with your money!

That's not how I interpreted it. I thought he meant that he didn't use Facebook for other things.

Yes, your interpretation is correct.

Re: Facebook quitters report more life satisfaction, less depression and anxiety

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Post by krtong » Thu, Feb 13, 2020, 8:53 PM UTC

Someone needs to come up with a single-player social media website that helps people be alone. At the very least it would be a hilarious social commentary.

Re: Facebook quitters report more life satisfaction, less depression and anxiety

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Post by whatshisface » Thu, Feb 13, 2020, 8:53 PM UTC

izzydata wrote: post #110

INTPenis wrote: post #89

What gave me the most satisfaction is quitting the news. Incidentally I don't have or use any social media either. Except imgur and sometimes among the funny memes I get news. But I'm afraid for people I meet who always remind me of all the awful things they've seen in the news. I'm aware of none of this until someone tells me. And yet my life is the same as everyone elses. Not knowing what is going on, living in a c…

Having the privilege to live in complete ignorant bliss is nice I guess. What could go wrong?

If something goes seriously wrong I will hear it via word of mouth. I would also notice something change in stock prices, gas prices, and many other vital signs of the hyper-connected global economy that I interact with every day. I guess if everyone I ever talk to follows me in quitting the news, I will consider checking it occasionally.

Re: Facebook quitters report more life satisfaction, less depression and anxiety

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Post by welly » Thu, Feb 13, 2020, 8:54 PM UTC

"Facebook is designed to make you anxious, depressed and dissatisfied"

Really? Designed? Come on.

Re: Facebook quitters report more life satisfaction, less depression and anxiety

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Post by Cytobit » Thu, Feb 13, 2020, 8:54 PM UTC

INTPenis wrote: post #89

What gave me the most satisfaction is quitting the news. Incidentally I don't have or use any social media either. Except imgur and sometimes among the funny memes I get news. But I'm afraid for people I meet who always remind me of all the awful things they've seen in the news. I'm aware of none of this until someone tells me. And yet my life is the same as everyone elses. Not knowing what is going on, living in a c…

Is HN not social media?

Re: Facebook quitters report more life satisfaction, less depression and anxiety

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Post by luckylion » Thu, Feb 13, 2020, 8:56 PM UTC

INTPenis wrote: post #89

What gave me the most satisfaction is quitting the news. Incidentally I don't have or use any social media either. Except imgur and sometimes among the funny memes I get news. But I'm afraid for people I meet who always remind me of all the awful things they've seen in the news. I'm aware of none of this until someone tells me. And yet my life is the same as everyone elses. Not knowing what is going on, living in a c…

> Not knowing what is going on, living in a country with a high standard of living and personal safety, doesn't affect me at all.

Even if you lived in a country with a low standard of living and less personal safety ... would knowing about the world events really change anything? Important local things usually don't make the national or world news, yet you tend to learn them unless you're completely isolated.

And the world events that would change things for anyone anywhere, like being on on the brink of nuclear war ... would you knowing about it have any effect on it?

Re: Facebook quitters report more life satisfaction, less depression and anxiety

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Post by beefield » Thu, Feb 13, 2020, 8:57 PM UTC

INTPenis wrote: post #89

What gave me the most satisfaction is quitting the news. Incidentally I don't have or use any social media either. Except imgur and sometimes among the funny memes I get news. But I'm afraid for people I meet who always remind me of all the awful things they've seen in the news. I'm aware of none of this until someone tells me. And yet my life is the same as everyone elses. Not knowing what is going on, living in a c…

News is actually worse for me than social media. That's what I feel addicted to. I'd like to get into a state where I read my news from a quality weekly newspaper (like The Economist for global news and maybe another for domestic ones.) An spend the rest of my current time used to browse endless unimportant news to reading books, doing sports etc. But given that there are lots of actually intersting things I would like to work with and study with my computer, I have not found a way not to slip into the news chamber instead of going for a run/opening a book/ when I need a break from the stuff I do with my computer.