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Anything in excess is terrible. It's why so much of news industry and people who watch too much too get depressed.
People who religiously watch foxnews and the members of NPR or subscribers to the NYTimes are just as depressed.
Ultimately, this is an article that says nothing. It's a clickbait form of water is wet. And yes, too much water is also bad for you.
There is this comic [2] about supernormal stimulus that shows how man, and man alone, has the ability to overcome it.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernormal_stimulus
[2] http://www.stuartmcmillen.com/comic/supernormal-stimuli/
YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT SHADY TACTICS SV ENTREPRENEURS ARE USING TO GET AHEAD. NUMBER 8 WILL MAKE YOUR JAW DROP!
Nobody will even bother to listen to me talk about social media anymore, because I am always telling people it is unhealthy and they should get off it (and yet I'm here). It is the worst fast food imaginable for our human need to socialize, transient and shallow.
This goes for just about all "social media", and just one of the factors for my removal from them. The other being toxic communities.
Parts of the cycle are also relevant for community forums such as HN.
What I've noticed is that Instagrams recommendation algorithms are creepily accurate. If you like browsing pictures of butts you'll get lots of butts and of the exact kind that you'd like. I'm not sure how they do it. I don't even post on Instagram. And yet I'm addicted now to the Explore tab. They've genuinely managed to build something addictive in a way that other networks are not. Also Instagram is completely san…
Oh woah, definitely not sanitized of politics. Probably because I follow some politicians, I get recommendations for these crazy, aggressive political meme pages. I see some very very hot button stuff on my feed. Count yourself lucky that Instagram looks politically sanitized!
also important: your friends always have more friends/likes than you. edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendship_paradox
Not a contradiction, it's a statistical certainty.
Nobody will even bother to listen to me talk about social media anymore, because I am always telling people it is unhealthy and they should get off it (and yet I'm here). It is the worst fast food imaginable for our human need to socialize, transient and shallow.
I think comparing a discussion on HN to liking photos, and notifications on Instagram. Is a bit far fetched. You can easily argue about the addictiveness of an online forum, and social interaction. We are social creatures after all. But social media sites like IG, Facebook, Twitter, specifically target those weaknesses in our brain.