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

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Post by 0027 »

Most people decide to quit because they feel Facebook is a threat to these. I know some people have left Facebook because of privacy concerns, but I feel that has a correlation with anxiety. I know anxiety encompasses more than just privacy as well. But if you feel your privacy is threatened, you will experience some degree of anxiety.

So these results should come as no surprise. If they didn't experience any of these benefits, why would they not join Facebook again? What other reasons do people who have left Facebook remain off of Facebook without these reasons?

This article feels tautological.

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

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Post by pbourke »

banads wrote: post #398
pbourke wrote: post #361

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> What degree of practical responsibility does a person in Brazil have for something bad happening to someone in Sierra Leone? That's a great example. The hypothetical Brazilian could vote for a politician that does not promote burning the rainforest [1], which contributes to the negative effects of climate change on the people of Sierra Leone [2] [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-49450925 [2] https://…

How does abstaining from watching the news prevent someone from being able to vote for a politician that claims to care about climate change?

How would you know about the issues if you abstained from the news?

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

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Post by mg794613 »

daveFNbuck wrote: post #318
TallGuyShort wrote: post #234

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Do politicians who openly lie about what's happening in the world and what they're doing about it get corrected? Now THAT would be news.

Yes, it happens all the time. There are many news websites that track and correct lies made by public officials.

I think he meant more in terms of "big media" instead of "you can find the actual truth if you go to these places"

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Post by celticmusic »

sykick wrote: post #392
celticmusic wrote: post #371

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more pretense. I'm condemning you and your stance in no uncertain terms, the way I would a man who stood by and allowed the rape of children while they considered the act from the perspective of the perpretrator. People like you actively make this world worse through your rationalized inaction.

I have not written anything to suggest that I advocate standing by while children are raped or that the U.S. should not have fought WWII. Indeed I specifically wrote that the U.S. should have fought WWII. How does one draw such wild and clearly false conclusions? You should try reading what I wrote without already forming a conclusion. I didn’t even say that intervention in Syria was wrong. I just said that the situa…

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

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Post by 0xEFF »

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?

Not much information is necessary to hold the people in power at the national level accountable. More information has little upside and significant downside in a two party democracy.

The exception I see is at the local level, where more information has more upside than downside. But I’ve also found social media dominated by national politics without much local information.

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Post by apatters »

MockObject wrote: post #400
apatters wrote: post #317

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Here's the secret, most "news" makes your view of the world less accurate, not more. So like with many things, the key is quality over quantity. Check out the Media Bias Chart: https://www.adfontesmedia.com/static-mbc/?v=402f03a963ba To know what's going on you only need 10 minutes a day skimming stories from a few outlets at the top of the triangle. You can have a remarkably well rounded knowledge of global affairs…

> Check out the Media Bias Chart: https://www.adfontesmedia.com/static-mbc/?v=402f03a963ba Where NPR, NYT, and CNN are deemed neutral and balanced, eh? Such determinations say more about the determiner than the determined.

In point of fact they are all left of center on the chart, but less far left than say MSNBC, which I would say is pretty spot on.

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

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Post by TallGuyShort »

mg794613 wrote: post #403
daveFNbuck wrote: post #318

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, it happens all the time. There are many news websites that track and correct lies made by public officials.

I think he meant more in terms of "big media" instead of "you can find the actual truth if you go to these places"

I also meant in terms of effect. Yes, you will find things exposed in various media outlets. But if I turn on CNN during a Republican presidency I see people on the edge of rage-quitting life and if I turn on Fox News during a Democratic presidency I see McCarthyism is alive and well. And if I do the opposite I see literal propaganda. I don't think most of their viewers are really looking for truth but are basking in deep, echo-ey pools (or sensory deprivation chambers, if you please) of confirmation bias.

There are far better news outlets, and I agree that press and media need to exist and be free for the purpose proposed above, I would just argue that in the most popular media, that isn't really what's happening for most of their audience, and I personally am far happier not seeking out mainstream news myself because of how sensationalist and biased most of it is. I'll eat my hotel breakfasts and airport snacks somewhere other than in front of the complimentary TV.

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