Engaging with stuff I want to engage with and not what the algorithm decided to shove down my throat today has been going pretty well for me the past couple of years. Reddit was the last algorithm driven social media I used, so now it’s just whatever of that mess leaks into fedi spaces.
People want to pretend that making themselves read bad news like it’s a full time job makes a difference or makes them more morally correct or something, but really it’s a form of self harm that keeps them from acting. Unless analyzing the news is literally your job, nobody needs more than like an hour or two a day, absolute max. Fill those other hours in the day with something good for yourself or other people.
Engaging with stuff I want to engage with and not what the algorithm decided to shove down my throat today has been going pretty well for me the past couple of years. Reddit was the last algorithm driven social media I used, so now it’s just whatever of that mess leaks into fedi spaces.
People want to pretend that making themselves read bad news like it’s a full time job makes a difference or makes them more morally correct or something, but really it’s a form of self harm that keeps them from acting. Unless analyzing the news is literally your job, nobody needs more than like an hour or two a day, absolute max. Fill those other hours in the day with something good for yourself or other people.