| ▲ | unionjack22 20 hours ago |
| If anyone wishes to use this study as a catalyst to shift one’s attitude, then I highly recommend dropping the dopaminergic doomloop apps like Reddit/Bluesky/X/tiktok/IG. Your life will be better for it. Snapchat can stay…for reasons. |
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| ▲ | TRiG_Ireland 13 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Instagram, for me, is mostly parkour and World Chase Tag clips. I don't love the way it's designed, but it isn't "doomy" (yet). |
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| ▲ | bix6 20 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| +1, I’m off the apps and it’s been so liberating. |
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| ▲ | forgetfulness 19 hours ago | parent [-] | | Rage-engagement, something I never needed, and that I knew I needed out of my life, I just didn't know how much of a positive impact it would have to get off it. Sorry Zuck and Spez, but I know you'll be fine without a hatebuck or two. |
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| ▲ | kernc 20 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| What are the reasons for Snapchat? :. |
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| ▲ | ajuc 20 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Social media like all addictions fulfill needs that you can't satisfy other ways in your current state. Mostly human contact and validation. If you start getting out there and communicating with real people on intimate level - most addictions melt away by itself. It makes more sense to focus on the root cause instead of fighting the symptoms. |
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| ▲ | HEmanZ 20 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | I disagree. Looking inward at myself at outward at addicted friends and family it does not fill any need. What it does is “hooks the attention” using outrage and a constant stream of dopamine hits. “ If you start getting out there and communicating with real people on intimate level - most addictions melt away by itself.” I highly suspect you are not an addiction specialist… | | |
| ▲ | unionjack22 16 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | It can be both. The further away I get from social media and its singular narratives where it’s always “this ONE thing” form of causeality, the more I realize the mechanisms and causes can be multimodal and compound upon on another. | |
| ▲ | coldtea 19 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | >I highly suspect you are not an addiction specialist… Which also means they're not selling addiction help (which profits when addicts remain so), nor is indoctrinated to the professional fads of that racket |
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| ▲ | WhyOhWhyQ 19 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Since someone else vocally disagreed, I'll just back this up. If you change your social situation (new job, new friends, etc...) then a lot of other changes seem to be easier, in my experience. | |
| ▲ | jimbokun 18 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Getting off those apps is a good first step towards getting out there and communicating with real people on an intimate level. |
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| ▲ | RickJWagner 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Great idea. I believe this is often suggested for people suffering depression. |
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| ▲ | lisbbb 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Based on my downvotes here, I'd say the reddit crowd and the HN crowd Venn diagrams overlap 99%. |
