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I've started to see a lot of burnout on my social media, of posts like "It's ok to take a break from the news" and "It's ok to not participate and focus on your

by daenz 5y ago

I've started to see a lot of burnout on my social media, of posts like "It's ok to take a break from the news" and "It's ok to not participate and focus on your mental health." These are coming from people who are typically very active in the social justice space. The news endlessly shifting from one emergency to another is burning them out, which is saying a lot.

ASalazarMX 5y ago
Infotainment has become very toxic. It's not simply a cold front, its "tHe pOlAr VorTeX". It's not an interesting asteroid, is "cOulD tHiS AstERoiD iMpAct eArTH iN 2027?". Between this and all the blatant manipulation on social networks, it's a necessity to take a break from all this madness before it sucks you into it.
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- sjg007 5y ago
  There are also extremely successful and highly productive long term disinformation campaigns. I noticed a notable shift in decreased disinformation when the war started and Twitter cut off Russia for instance and similarly even before that when they cut off Trump.