Let’s say most of us navigating social media are fish. In this illustration, social media is the body of water we’re all swimming around in. Let’s also establish that the predator/prey ecosystem relies on the economy of mental health. That’s what’s at stake and that’s your resource up for grabs.
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.
"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.
Brilliant Sadie! 👏🏻 This is one of the reasons why I’ve left it all behind. I didn’t actually realise the negative impact it was having on my life-long hobby until it simply wasn’t there anymore.
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.
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.
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.
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.
"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.
Brilliant Sadie! 👏🏻 This is one of the reasons why I’ve left it all behind. I didn’t actually realise the negative impact it was having on my life-long hobby until it simply wasn’t there anymore.
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.
This is so incredibly spot on!!! Bravo! 👏🏼👏🏼💜
I'm glad it resonated with you :)
I agree with this so, so, so much.
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.
Yup
100% seconding all of this!
Wisdom!
Excellent post.
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.