Be very mindful about the content you consume online.

You might think you are above its negative influence on your mood and thoughts, but you aren't. Nobody is.

The content you consume influences the way you think over time. Even if you are on a platform to fight the opposition, what the algorithm is feeding you there will have an influence on yourself over time.

Be careful what you feed to your brain.

#DeleteX #DeleteFacebook #DeleteTikTok

@Em0nM4stodon @User47 Well said! But that goes for Mastodon, too. There's a lot of crap floating around, even though there's no algorithm to boost it.

@mlanger

And not all of the bad-effect posts are from bad-intent people -- I noticed a lot of people venting, not unreasonably, about affairs of the world after 9pm, when we're slowing down at the end of the day, and absolutely, it was ruining my sleep. So I blocked their posts without unfollowing. Self-defense! Their doomscrolling had become mine, second hand.

When I read "news" it's morning; at night, read fiction.

I have to curate what I put in my face or it does me harm.

@Em0nM4stodon @User47

@tomjennings @Em0nM4stodon @User47 Yes! I have all kinds of filters set up. I try not to share doomscrolling fuel but once in a while I get so angry and frustrated that one slips out, usually in reply to someone else.