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It seems like that should be true, but my observation is that HN causes similar stress in people. For example, "I'm so stressed out by all these new frameworks
by jkaptur 5y ago
It seems like that should be true, but my observation is that HN causes similar stress in people.
For example, "I'm so stressed out by all these new frameworks" is a frequent comment on HN. That's FOMO, that's keeping-up-with-the-Jones's, that's a negative reaction to social media.
- andrew_ 5y agoI've been an active member of a particular, very popular, and long-running boating forum. It's been around years before facebook and twitter. FOMO, envy, and keeping-up are just as much a thing in the marine communities as they are on any social media platform, but the one key difference is consumption of info - that forum is compartmentalized. Subscription emails are a thing, but they're throttled. The format of the forums makes for slow, introspective consumption. I've been a member since 2005, but I only visit once a month. I just think it's night and day different from the firehose that are modern social media.