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Lucas Mangum's avatar

This is crucial information. Being always-online has broken a lot of brains (including myself and many loved ones), and I think it's because we forget that this is a tool, not life.

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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror)'s avatar

"Tool not Life". Exactly. And we don't owe anyone anything. so many people talked about leaving Twitter because of the toxic culture but then bring it to other platforms. It's clearly an addiction. It's a people problem not a platform problem.

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C.J. Flip's avatar

This is so incredibly spot on!!! Bravo! 👏🏼👏🏼💜

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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror)'s avatar

I'm glad it resonated with you :)

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Tom Leveen: Rewind Reads's avatar

I agree with this so, so, so much.

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Dustin's avatar

Yes! Absolutely, Sadie! This is important etiquette for social media in general, but for those of us who struggle with mental health daily, it's that much more essential.

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Destiny Barber's avatar

100% seconding all of this!

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Angela Pearson's avatar

Wisdom!

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Scott Sigler's avatar

Excellent post.

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William Bowles's avatar

Social media? I'm totally disengaged. Negativity? Clickbait? I'm unmoved. Transient objects. The vanishing point. Zerox to infinity as a philosophical Frenchman once observed.

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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror)'s avatar

The toxicity can be very insidious! Before you know it, your mental health is wrapped up in it every day. It so important to just block that negative engagement.

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