Re:The relationship between social media use and well-being
by lucideer on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @07:20AM
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> I don't really understand the 'feeling inadequate because of my cousin's baby pictures' thing
I concur. I've never understood this, and tbh haven't met anyone who does.
> For me, the problem with social media is a fundamental lack of self control...
I find this interesting because as a very frequent Facebook user, I don't really encounter this there, I guess due to the whole filter-bubble kind of effect of social circles. Facebook discussion are all reinforcing rather than combative, so the question of good faith debate rarely even comes into it at all. The echo chamber has it's own reputation for being "bad for you" for other reasons however.
> I mostly have left other mediums with these sorts of unfufilling conversations
I've definitely engaged in one or two of these on HN, but generally they're in a tiny minority. As an alternate example though, while I don't really tweet, and I figure Twitter is a more likely medium for those sorts of "unfulfilling conversations", it seems to offer a lot of value to counter-balance that aspect.
I concur. I've never understood this, and tbh haven't met anyone who does.
> For me, the problem with social media is a fundamental lack of self control...
I find this interesting because as a very frequent Facebook user, I don't really encounter this there, I guess due to the whole filter-bubble kind of effect of social circles. Facebook discussion are all reinforcing rather than combative, so the question of good faith debate rarely even comes into it at all. The echo chamber has it's own reputation for being "bad for you" for other reasons however.
> I mostly have left other mediums with these sorts of unfufilling conversations
I've definitely engaged in one or two of these on HN, but generally they're in a tiny minority. As an alternate example though, while I don't really tweet, and I figure Twitter is a more likely medium for those sorts of "unfulfilling conversations", it seems to offer a lot of value to counter-balance that aspect.