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How social media makes stress contagious
- getdavidhiggins 12y agoIt would be wise to have a strategy for social media. I like the phrase "joy of missing out" ― as it turns the well worn phrase "fear of missing out" on its head. There are a few ways to deal with the barrage of 'feels' on these networks, and one technique I'm using are multiple accounts that follow a multitude of different topics. I don't interact with what I digest in the stream, just observe from a distance. The reason I do this, is because Twitter streams are a mix of different viewpoints, ranging from fear to love, and everything in between. So we can have one account that is positive stuff only, and another about wars, and another about technology, and another about politics - then we can choose what one we decide to watch, rather than let the info 'happen' to us by accident as that article likes to point out