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> 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 though

> 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.