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#DoomScrolling

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LionelB

Mastodon is functioning very well as a news source. A handful of bloggers, Le Monde and Tagesschau.

A sign of the maturity of the platform.

I want to be informed. I don't want to be swamped or to get sucked in.

Enough else in my life and interests counterbalances the hot take of the moment. I am lucky that I have a high tolerance level.

#News#doomscrolling
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Charlie McHenry

Want a better night’s sleep? Limit your #DoomScrolling before bed! A growing body of research suggests that how often people use social media before bed – and how engaged they are in it – matters more than how long they are on screens as a whole when it comes to getting restful sleep. Social psychologist and sleep researcher Brian N. Chin, from Trinity College, explains that emotionally stimulating content can lead to greater arousal that delays the onset of sleep. Small behavioral changes, such as avoiding doomscrolling and leaving your phone outside your bedroom at night, can help you get more sleep, he writes. #sleep #sleeping #SocialMedia #PersonalCare #anxiety

theconversation.com/social-med

The ConversationSocial media before bedtime wreaks havoc on our sleep − a sleep researcher explains why screens alone aren’t the main culpritResearch suggests that how often people check social media − and how emotionally engaged they are with it − can influence sleep even more than how much time they spend online.
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Likely Jan Lukas

Recommended* resource: Exhausted by #DoomScrolling and everything going on everywhere?

Try some #HopeScrolling by catching the #CBC #radio / #podcast, What on Earth, a show focused on people pursuing climate solutions both large and small.

Always interesting, often surprising! ❤️

*from a listener (me)

cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-429

#JoyScrolling
#climate
#ClimateChange
#ClimateAction
#hope
#Canada

CBC ListenWhat On Earth with Laura Lynch | Live Radio | CBC Listen The climate is changing. So are we. Explore a world of solutions with host Laura Lynch and our team of journalists. We find inspiration in unexpected places, scrutinize new technologies, hold powerful people accountable and join you on the journey to fix this mess. New episodes every Wednesday and Saturday.
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Research Network Digi-Oek.ch

[en] Digital Wellbeing: Screen time has always been a poor metric

... when it comes to social media apps, it’s a really poor metric, according to ... a researcher at #Cambridge.

A #nudge ... could help billions of people stop #doomscrolling.

Researchers also have very little insight into how Apple and Google develop Screen Time and Digital Wellbeing features.

vox.com/technology/402701/scre

There’s a yellow and red phone that also looks like a mousetrap on a background of read and yellow stripes.
Vox · Screen time reports won’t help you put your phone down. Here’s what can.By Adam Clark Estes
#digitalwellbeing#screentime#socialmedia
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Karl Voit :emacs: :orgmode:

#SocialNetworks that are fed by an #algorithm are causing much harm to you. Just one example of many: karl-voit.at/2024/07/13/social

Please do convince your friends and relatives to try out a healthy alternative like the #Fediverse here: karl-voit.at/2024/06/18/Fedive

When you visit your friends and family, tell them about not having #endlessscrolling or #doomscrolling. Tell them about being able to read unfiltered comments and articles. Tell them about not destroying your mental health all the time, following some #influencers that show a wrong picture of the world and the people.

Accounts on servers like graz.social are for free. (Donations welcomed: info.graz.social/spenden/ )

Have a happy weekend!

#manipulation#propaganda#mentalhealth
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A.Stringer

"I hate #vibes-based reasoning, because of the kind of thinking that it elevates. It elevates the comms spad over the #macroeconomist, the reader-of-headlines over the #modeller, the use of a finger in the air over a solid think about the vast, hard-to-move #economy."

freethinkecon.wordpress.com/20

#criticalthinking
#experts
#economy
#UKeconomy
#datainterpretation
#factsmatter
#UKpol
#treasury
#bankofengland
#doomloop
#doomscrolling

Freethinking Economist · Against vibes-based economic prognosticatingHere is how it goes. Let’s say it starts with the Government doing something bad, like raise a tax by £20bn, to fund a bunch of stuff. People don’t like tax, according to science, and s…
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Dan Q

Some of my friends have just given up on following the #news, and I don't blame them. It can be pretty depressing right now.

But for me, what keeps me up-to-date-enough but stops me #doomScrolling is to lean on my good old #feedReader (coupled with a little discipline to not glance at the news every time I remember my phone's in my pocket)!

I read the news once, maybe twice, most days, as a bundled digest of mildly-filtered articles. Like taking the time to sit down with a newspaper... but no other interruptions.

It keeps me optimistic enough that I can still focus on the causes I care about the most, without getting bogged down in all the depressing news about nazis burning the world that I'd see otherwise. Highly recommended.

🔗 More: danq.me/feed-readers-beat-doom

Dan Q · Feed Readers Beat DoomscrollingIf you're dodging news media because the alternative is catastrophic doomscrolling... perhaps you ought to be using a feed reader? It's a much healthier way to keep up with the Web.
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