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Lori Woodward's avatar

Clint, you hit the nail on the head. I quit Twitter over a decade ago when it became toxic. Facebook followed with angry, toxic discussions, but I’m still there. I really do think that some people get dopamine hits by being angry - it makes them feel like they’re more alive and important. This essay reveals the truth of social media and if FOMO exists, it’s more about what we’re missing out in real life by scrolling social media. Thank you Clint!

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Victor D. Sandiego's avatar

This just came to my email today and yet it's dated May 30. ?? Slow and steady goes the internet I guess.

The meaninglessness of social media is something that has been apparent to me for a long time, and although I have written about it from time to time, I just keep it to myself mostly because others, like yourself, do a better job of articulating it.

There's mostly nothing there. It exists in the hope of receiving confirmation of one's existence. I find most of it, outside of some news maybe, shallow mutual back patting for numbers. It might be okay if numbers reflected actual interest in what one is doing, but so much is based on pure reciprocity - or the hope of it anyway.

Every few months I go back to social media to see if anything is different. It never seems to be and I log off and do other things that I'd rather do such as writing and walking in the hills with my dogs.

Thanks for the article, Clint.

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