Most Canadians believe Facebook harms their mental health

Re:Most Canadians believe Facebook harms their mental health by pasquinelli on Friday October 15, 2021 @01:50PM (#28880722)

i also avoid social media, but for the opposite reason. i'm not bothered seeing everyone else's greatest hits, but curating my life and thoughts to present to an audience was wearing me down, and when i finally realized that's what i was doing, i got off it.

presumably there are some personality types that social media works well for, as opposed to personality types that work well for social media, of which there are clearly a lot.

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Re:Most Canadians believe Facebook harms their mental health by mikepurvis on Friday October 15, 2021 @02:00PM (#28880862)

Maybe it's not the healthiest thing, but I kind of enjoy having that as a secondary motivation, especially for projects I'm on the edge for— things like bread baking, kombucha making, small electronics repair, etc. If I know I can take a few pictures and tell a fun story around it, then it can be the motivation to get something started or power it through.

I guess the one boundary is that I don't generally mine my interactions with my kids for internet kudos— I don't want my camera in their faces when we're at the park or reading a book, making them feel like I'm only there spending time with them to score internet kudos later.

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