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Loneliness damages peoples' mental health, too. Is there some chance that, for mental health, the ordering goes "in-person interaction > social media interactio

by twiss 6y ago

Loneliness damages peoples' mental health, too. Is there some chance that, for mental health, the ordering goes "in-person interaction > social media interaction > no interaction at all"? Then of course if you compare social media interaction with in-person interaction you may conclude that social media = bad, but the causality may (in part) be the other way around, as the article says: > “Those who feel worse may turn to social media for solace or community,” Dr Amy Orben, research fellow at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, said of the research.

watwut 6y ago
> Loneliness damages peoples' mental health, too. Is there some chance that, for mental health, the ordering goes "in-person interaction > social media interaction > no interaction at all"? In my experience, yes. When I was real life social isolated, stopping the online interactions was destructive each time I tried. (I tried couple of time till I realized that yes, it does count as interaction that I need.)
croes 6y ago
You can't order it by the type of interaction. "I used to think that the worst thing in life was to end up alone. It’s not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel all alone." What makes social media so bad is that hundreds, thousands and more from all over the world can attack you. In-person thats seldom the case. On the other hand, you can more easily ignore online comments than real life comments.
- bjt2n3904 6y ago
  Where did that quote come from? Excellent point. Someone once commented on how we can't go for a drive in the car without having some music on to distract us from thinking. I wonder if we don't want to be alone with our thoughts.
  - croes 6y ago
    The quote is often attributed to Robin Williams but it's from his role as Lance in the 2009 film “World’s Greatest Dad” written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait.
- NalNezumi 6y ago
  >ou can more easily ignore online comments than real life comments. Not always the case I don't think(your over all point still stands though). An anectodtal example, I've been thrown some racial & very insensitive slurs at sports bar/convenience store late night, but seeing the person/the state the person throwing the slur is in (intoxicated) can make it way easier to just brush it off. Being thrown an insult in say, StackOverflow by someone that have provable trackrecord of excellence can be quite more demoralizing. The absence/existence of additional information about the person throwing the slur can make the whole difference, and that can exist/not exist on both internet and real life.
- paganel 6y ago
  > On the other hand, you can more easily ignore online comments than real life comments. Not sure if I'm the only doing that but in many, many cases I just ignore the reddit red envelope (I open it in new tab and close that tab instantly with Cmd+W), I choose to which comments of mine to answer directly (if the case) by going straight to them, so to speak, and see if there's anything in there. Granted, I'm not strong enough to do that all the time, but it helps, nonetheless.

by twiss 6y ago

watwut 6y ago

> Loneliness damages peoples' mental health, too. Is there some chance that, for mental health, the ordering goes "in-person interaction > social media interaction > no interaction at all"? In my experience, yes. When I was real life social isolated, stopping the online interactions was destructive each time I tried. (I tried couple of time till I realized that yes, it does count as interaction that I need.)

croes 6y ago

You can't order it by the type of interaction. "I used to think that the worst thing in life was to end up alone. It’s not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel all alone." What makes social media so bad is that hundreds, thousands and more from all over the world can attack you. In-person thats seldom the case. On the other hand, you can more easily ignore online comments than real life comments.

bjt2n3904 6y ago
Where did that quote come from? Excellent point. Someone once commented on how we can't go for a drive in the car without having some music on to distract us from thinking. I wonder if we don't want to be alone with our thoughts.
- croes 6y ago
  The quote is often attributed to Robin Williams but it's from his role as Lance in the 2009 film “World’s Greatest Dad” written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait.
NalNezumi 6y ago
>ou can more easily ignore online comments than real life comments. Not always the case I don't think(your over all point still stands though). An anectodtal example, I've been thrown some racial & very insensitive slurs at sports bar/convenience store late night, but seeing the person/the state the person throwing the slur is in (intoxicated) can make it way easier to just brush it off. Being thrown an insult in say, StackOverflow by someone that have provable trackrecord of excellence can be quite more demoralizing. The absence/existence of additional information about the person throwing the slur can make the whole difference, and that can exist/not exist on both internet and real life.
paganel 6y ago
> On the other hand, you can more easily ignore online comments than real life comments. Not sure if I'm the only doing that but in many, many cases I just ignore the reddit red envelope (I open it in new tab and close that tab instantly with Cmd+W), I choose to which comments of mine to answer directly (if the case) by going straight to them, so to speak, and see if there's anything in there. Granted, I'm not strong enough to do that all the time, but it helps, nonetheless.