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The worst things with regards to potential for unhealthy use, IMO, are passive feeds which require no effort on the user’s part. These simply become a timedrain
by kizer 8y ago
The worst things with regards to potential for unhealthy use, IMO, are passive feeds which require no effort on the user’s part. These simply become a timedraining habit. Reddit, HN, YouTube, any social media.
- 8bitsrule 8y agoHow does the word 'unhealthy' apply here? How many people spend several hours a day watching TV shows? Or pinning 'new' butterflies to a board. Or 'obsessively' drawing cartoons? Many people have limited options in life. I grew up in a small northern town with very limited options. I collected stamps all winter. Was that 'unhealthy'? Because I learned some world history, did that 'redeem' it from 'unhealthiness'? As soon as I got to college, the stamp-collecting ended. HOWEVER... I also learned -organization of large amounts of random information-. Guess where that led (hint: it wasn't 'unhealthy')
- kizer 8y agoI was using the word in a metaphorical sense. Also, you mentioned positive activities. I was referring to passive activities which can become “unhealthy” in the sense that the formed habits, which can in the extreme interfere with life, outweigh the information gleaned.