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It's positive in the same way eating a bunch of sugary donuts gives you a temporary short lasting dopamine boost. It's easily digestible with zero nutritional v
by DrThunder 3y ago
It's positive in the same way eating a bunch of sugary donuts gives you a temporary short lasting dopamine boost. It's easily digestible with zero nutritional value. Rapid videos in succession short video formats that inject you with a quick dopamine hit are in fact NOT good for your mental health. This is why you see people continuously swipe for hours a day There are plenty of studies showing this.
You're just rewiring your brain in a way that it'll want easily obtained dopamine with zero work. This leads to a rebound effect where you'll become bored quickly and depressed without it (similar to a recovering addict)
It's not really "what you make of it".
- accrual 3y agoThat might be your experience but it's not mine. A have a lot of really excellent thoughtful content in my feed. I take notes and often save images (long press > save image) for future reference. If it had no value, I wouldn't be sitting here feeling like I've benefited from all the new perspectives I've received. The format doesn't dictate the content nor what one can get from it.
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