[Ipg-smz] Facebook is bad for your mental health

[Rikki Endsley]

I quit Facebook 2 years ago and am dramatically happier without it.

I'd been an early adopter and was enthusiastic about using it for staying
in touch w/friends/family/colleagues for years. But I also pay close
attention to how social media platforms (and publications, tv shows, etc.)
make me feel, and I couldn't get away from the feeling that it was doing
more harm to my mental health than good. Maybe I miss an occasional
announcement because I'm not on Facebook, but I can't think of anything I
missed that honestly mattered in my life or made me reconsider my decision
to quit it.




On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 9:19 AM Tom Henderson via Ipg-smz <
ipg-smz at netpress.org> wrote:

> My own anecdotal data says I'm vastly happier without Facebook. It's toxic.
>
> Tom
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>
> On 4/20/20 12:28 AM, Andy Patrizio via Ipg-smz wrote:
>
> “Facebook users, randomized to deactivate their accounts for 4 weeks in
> exchange for $102, freed up an average of 60 minutes a day, spent more time
> socializing offline, became less politically polarized, and reported
> improved subjective well-being relative to controls.”
>
>
>
> https://science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6488/279.1
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