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A good way to let go of the feeling of "being disconnected" is to measure what actions you take based on "being connected" that you feel improve yourself. That'
by lfowles 11y ago
A good way to let go of the feeling of "being disconnected" is to measure what actions you take based on "being connected" that you feel improve yourself. That's basically how I toned down my facebook use, I realized I was skimming and got a few internal chuckles, but I never took action on anything I saw on there, whether it was to write happy birthday, comment on a photo I liked, or try some crafty DIY thing.
- fluxquanta 11y ago> measure what actions you take based on "being connected" that you feel improve yourself I feel like, in general, something like facebook just makes my thoughts MORE negative in general. For instance, I'm a member of some groups for different hobbies, and I've adopted a "one strike and you're out" policy with regard to what people post to the group. If I find a post to be irrelevant to the topic at hand or in any way annoying -- boom, "Ignore all posts from [user]". I'm saying to myself, "Hey stranger, you tried getting involved in the discussion by posting this, but it didn't live up to my standards, and therefore I never want to see anything you say ever again." While it's relegated to facebook, I feel like having that kind of attitude in my life can't be healthy.
- lfowles 11y ago> While it's relegated to facebook, I feel like having that kind of attitude in my life can't be healthy. I've taken the same kind of attitude (towards vitriolic and stupid posts), because when I looked at my reactions to all sorts of those posts, it's inevitably not the way I want to be spending my time. I don't get on Facebook to fulfill my "balanced world view" quota ;) ! Realize that we now have more exposure to other people's opinions than we've really ever had before... IMO it's a healthy way to cope.