Social Media Break

[The Hammer]

Taking a break from social media improves psychological well-being, depression, and anxiety


Taking a break from social media is good for ones health. Maybe we should all start looking at permanently disconnecting, no?

This way we everyone can start socializing more in person again, and we'll stop depending as much on external validation via internet strangers.

 

[Secret Chief]

Taking a break from social media improves psychological well-being, depression, and anxiety


Taking a break from social media is good for ones health. Maybe we should all start looking at permanently disconnecting, no?

This way we everyone can start socializing more in person again, and we'll stop depending as much on external validation via internet strangers.

Depends why one is using it surely? And one's personality?
My use of social media has zero to do with external validation. It is to do with stuff that is not a P2P thing.
My level of in person socialising is unaffected by whatever amount of social media I use (inc. RF!)

 

[Viker]

I've nearly divorced my self from mainstream social media. The RF may be a form of social media but it's not the toxic sea of the mainstream. What difference and beefs we witness here it's worse out there.

I'm noticing I'm spending more time with friends and animal buddies too. This is good.

 

[Ella S.]

Honestly, socialization has never really been my cup of tea and that seems to be mostly what I'm doing still in this forum.

I think I'm going to go improve my chess skills instead, at least for awhile. I'll probably be back, though, simply because some of these discussions are genuinely interesting and I don't know of a better forum for holding these kinds of conversations.

 

[Brickjectivity]

I don't consider RF to be the same as 'Social media' sites. Social media sites use feeds. They feed you alerts aimed at keeping you from leaving their site -- whatever stimulated you the most. The selection routine is automatic. Unfortunately such routines tend to feed people alarming news, unsettling news or exciting news.

 

[JustGeorge]

RF is the only social media site I use.

I think society is way too dependent on social media in general, with the virtual world becoming the superior 'place' in their mind(whether they want it to be that way or not).

In my own personal situation, if I were to drop off of RF... well, that wouldn't really get me out there socializing anymore than what I am now, because in the location and situation I'm in, there really isn't anyone to socialize with.

Some advantages is its helped overall with loneliness. Some disadvantages is sometimes I use it idly, without thinking about what I'm doing, and I waste time. I guess most of life is just hammering out the details.

 

[The Hammer]

I don't consider RF to be the same as 'Social media' sites. Social media sites use feeds. They feed you alerts aimed at keeping you from leaving their site -- whatever stimulated you the most. The selection routine is automatic. Unfortunately such routines tend to feed people alarming news, unsettling news or exciting news.

Those little red icons in the corner saying you've got a frubal or a comment or message can certainly have a dopamine feedback.

Plus the "new threads" sticky works like a news feed imo.

 

[Nakosis]

Taking a break from social media improves psychological well-being, depression, and anxiety


Taking a break from social media is good for ones health. Maybe we should all start looking at permanently disconnecting, no?

This way we everyone can start socializing more in person again, and we'll stop depending as much on external validation via internet strangers.

Do you consider RF social media?

 

[Viker]

I don't consider RF to be the same as 'Social media' sites. Social media sites use feeds. They feed you alerts aimed at keeping you from leaving their site -- whatever stimulated you the most. The selection routine is automatic. Unfortunately such routines tend to feed people alarming news, unsettling news or exciting news.

It's sorta pre-social media. Using media with medium. It's a social medium. Fixed.

 

[Guitar's Cry]

I returned to RF specifically to wean myself off Facebook and I am glad I did.

 

[Stevicus]

Taking a break from social media improves psychological well-being, depression, and anxiety


Taking a break from social media is good for ones health. Maybe we should all start looking at permanently disconnecting, no?

This way we everyone can start socializing more in person again, and we'll stop depending as much on external validation via internet strangers.

I don't really bother much with social media, unless RF counts as social media - although I don't think it does. Even then, I take occasional breaks from RF from time to time.

I'm not sure about permanently disconnecting. Do you mean disconnect from just social media or the internet as a whole?

 

[The Hammer]

Do you consider RF social media?

Yup

 

[The Hammer]

I'm not sure about permanently disconnecting. Do you mean disconnect from just social media or the internet as a whole?

However far one wants to take it I guess?