Of course it is! Existing in a constant evaluative state of mind is absolutely toxic to mental health. Think about it: would you enjoy your spouse grading you on every little thing you said? If they did, it would quickly discourage you from saying much at all.
Most anyone who has quit social media can attest to the near-immediate benefit they get to their subjective well-being. And it persists even in spite of realizing they are missing out on some of the things social media does well. I REALLY hope we can eventually look back at this time and laugh at the incredibly high rate of addiction to what are worthless Internet Points. Everyone laughed at WoW junkies for staying up late to get epic loot, then turned around and did exactly that themselves, or worse!
Social media persists because it fills a void in our increasingly atomized lives. And some people thrive on what is essentially a real-time status market. The real fix is we stop normalizing having lives so small they can be so easily filled with such worthless garbage like social media.
Edit: really appreciate how Jon calls out how every damn journalist treats social media with such kiddie gloves because they are too scared to speak what is plainly evident: social media is toxic.
Most anyone who has quit social media can attest to the near-immediate benefit they get to their subjective well-being. And it persists even in spite of realizing they are missing out on some of the things social media does well. I REALLY hope we can eventually look back at this time and laugh at the incredibly high rate of addiction to what are worthless Internet Points. Everyone laughed at WoW junkies for staying up late to get epic loot, then turned around and did exactly that themselves, or worse!
Social media persists because it fills a void in our increasingly atomized lives. And some people thrive on what is essentially a real-time status market. The real fix is we stop normalizing having lives so small they can be so easily filled with such worthless garbage like social media.
Edit: really appreciate how Jon calls out how every damn journalist treats social media with such kiddie gloves because they are too scared to speak what is plainly evident: social media is toxic.