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Alternatively carefully curate your social media accounts. My reddit home page is all books and formula 1. I'm quick to hit 'show me less like this' when any

Alternatively carefully curate your social media accounts. My reddit home page is all books and formula 1. I'm quick to hit 'show me less like this' when anything drifts in from the front page. My Facebook feed is all friends and family who don't discuss politics and ads for nerd shirts. I've purchased a few. It is also easy and effective to hit show me less of this. I agree about LinkedIn and don't go there unless I'm actively job hunting, something I hope never to do again. I don't feel any bitterness when I see friends and family on FB go on expensive vacations, but I do feel an unhealthy and indefensible jealousy sometimes when I see former coworkers getting new jobs or promotions.

gleenn 2y ago
I totally understand the desire to avoid politics on all these platforms but in some way I always expect the greater powers want to destroy these platforms and make us even more hopeless.
- nineplay 2y ago
  The greater powers control these platforms and want to keep us engaged so we believe what they want us to believe.
teuobk 2y ago
Indeed. I've unsubscribed from all subreddits that have become infested with political content, and I've "unfollowed" all of my acquaintances on Facebook and LinkedIn who post anything political. So much more enjoyable.
lbarron6868 2y ago
This is how I've dealt with Instagram. My IG account is literally nothing but cats. it's actually very refreshing to look at for five or ten minutes. But it takes work. IG wants to keep feeding me their BS reels. Sometimes I don't think it's worth it, they really make you put up a fight.
- sien 2y ago
  Adding animal feeds to whatever is a very good way to tone things down. Otters, dogs, cats, snow leopards, red pandas whatever floats your boat. Also, as you say the big platforms will still try and get you into an outrage loop.
- williamdclt 2y ago
  I used to have the same thing (other less wholesome content has made its way back, I've not been strong enough). It was a better experience than what my feed was like before or after, but I'd still waste hours watching cat videos! Trying to stay off the feeds entirely, now.
alistairSH 2y ago
That didn’t work for me, at least with FB and Insta. I unfollowed/unfriended anybody who kept posting political stuff. I did the same for anybody I didn’t interact with in real-life regularly. That basically left my parents, and about 5 friends. None of whom post anything regularly. So, now my feed is just random shitposts and memes from “influencers”. So, I deactivated my Meta accounts. And I’m still alive. And probably saner.
- icoder 2y ago
  Yeah, I you should see the curation totally from the top, so fully dropping certain platforms is part of the curation. I mean, in essence we all already do that as certain platforms are not even considered a candidate in our 'portfolio'.
datavirtue 2y ago
I can't imagine identifying myself on a forum...much less reddit.

gleenn 2y ago

I totally understand the desire to avoid politics on all these platforms but in some way I always expect the greater powers want to destroy these platforms and make us even more hopeless.

nineplay 2y ago
The greater powers control these platforms and want to keep us engaged so we believe what they want us to believe.

teuobk 2y ago

Indeed. I've unsubscribed from all subreddits that have become infested with political content, and I've "unfollowed" all of my acquaintances on Facebook and LinkedIn who post anything political. So much more enjoyable.

lbarron6868 2y ago

This is how I've dealt with Instagram. My IG account is literally nothing but cats. it's actually very refreshing to look at for five or ten minutes. But it takes work. IG wants to keep feeding me their BS reels. Sometimes I don't think it's worth it, they really make you put up a fight.

sien 2y ago
Adding animal feeds to whatever is a very good way to tone things down. Otters, dogs, cats, snow leopards, red pandas whatever floats your boat. Also, as you say the big platforms will still try and get you into an outrage loop.
williamdclt 2y ago
I used to have the same thing (other less wholesome content has made its way back, I've not been strong enough). It was a better experience than what my feed was like before or after, but I'd still waste hours watching cat videos! Trying to stay off the feeds entirely, now.

alistairSH 2y ago

That didn’t work for me, at least with FB and Insta. I unfollowed/unfriended anybody who kept posting political stuff. I did the same for anybody I didn’t interact with in real-life regularly. That basically left my parents, and about 5 friends. None of whom post anything regularly. So, now my feed is just random shitposts and memes from “influencers”. So, I deactivated my Meta accounts. And I’m still alive. And probably saner.

icoder 2y ago
Yeah, I you should see the curation totally from the top, so fully dropping certain platforms is part of the curation. I mean, in essence we all already do that as certain platforms are not even considered a candidate in our 'portfolio'.

datavirtue 2y ago

I can't imagine identifying myself on a forum...much less reddit.