People going 'monk mode' to limit social media use

Re:People going 'monk mode' to limit social media use by ikedeno on Monday October 02, 2023 @06:20AM (#37736248)

Calling it that feels wrong to me. They're putting a label on people who ignore their manipulative trash. Plenty of people don't use social media, or watch news and movies, they're not in "monk mode"

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Re:People going 'monk mode' to limit social media use by corobo on Monday October 02, 2023 @07:05AM (#37736613)

Arguably the difference there is that the monk mode has made a sacrifice (did have, now does not) rather than not having in the first place.

Depends on how you define 'monk' I guess :)

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Re:People going 'monk mode' to limit social media use by psychlops on Monday October 02, 2023 @07:18AM (#37736720)

The article unironically explains where the term originated:

>The term has gone viral on TikTok, where videos marked with the hashtag #monkmode now have more than 77 million views, up from 31 million in May.

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Re:People going 'monk mode' to limit social media use by corobo on Monday October 02, 2023 @07:45AM (#37736922)

I was talking about the definition, the parent commenter's definition at that, not the origin.

I'm not sure how that information fits in here, sorry.

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Re:People going 'monk mode' to limit social media use by ikedeno on Monday October 02, 2023 @08:07AM (#37737094)

The authoritive BBC are saying in short "your peers will call you a monk if you switch off" - they are branding those who choose to ignore media. I don't care where they say it came from, they are perpetuating it. (Also seems disrespectful to actual monks? I don't know)

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Re:People going 'monk mode' to limit social media use by randomcarbloke on Monday October 02, 2023 @01:04PM (#37741072)

Everything has to be a mode now, humans all have states.

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