I’ve been super intentional about curating my algorithms on the less social social media’s (consumption based) towards the person I want to become. After being completely off them for a few years this really felt like a step in the right direction!
This is awesome Mishaal. It sounds like maybe going completely off of social helped you reset your relationship with it, which is something I'm hoping to get toward as I start to dip my toes back in certain places. Thank you for sharing!
I think these are all great questions and as someone who has read a lot of the studies about how social media can have a negative impact on our ability to pay close attention to things (like ah hem, writing) I find myself trying to use it less and less. Instagram is a weakness but I will say I am brutal about curating my feed free of things that bring me down. And yet, it still mainly just tries to sell me stuff. I agree the real death eye opener for me was when I worked on social media. PS I think Substack is considered social media! But seems to be a completely different thing to be honest.
Thank you for sharing all of this! I love what you say about awareness leading to what feel like healthier habits for you. I've also found the same, and that the more I know about how it all works, the less I have felt tempted toward social media, and the less I want to sacrifice my focus or time on it.
Also love that you have found curating your feed helpful. And you're totally right about Substack now that they've added typical social media platform features like a feed. And yes, what is it about working in social media that makes it so joyless? I guess anything we do for work can lose its luster, but there's something extra about social — too much exposure to too much information and too many disappointing things humans do.
Great points about social media no longer being young and only certain types of posts getting traction.
Looking forward to more insights on the effects of social media!!
Thanks! :)
I’ve been super intentional about curating my algorithms on the less social social media’s (consumption based) towards the person I want to become. After being completely off them for a few years this really felt like a step in the right direction!
This is awesome Mishaal. It sounds like maybe going completely off of social helped you reset your relationship with it, which is something I'm hoping to get toward as I start to dip my toes back in certain places. Thank you for sharing!
I think these are all great questions and as someone who has read a lot of the studies about how social media can have a negative impact on our ability to pay close attention to things (like ah hem, writing) I find myself trying to use it less and less. Instagram is a weakness but I will say I am brutal about curating my feed free of things that bring me down. And yet, it still mainly just tries to sell me stuff. I agree the real death eye opener for me was when I worked on social media. PS I think Substack is considered social media! But seems to be a completely different thing to be honest.
Thank you for sharing all of this! I love what you say about awareness leading to what feel like healthier habits for you. I've also found the same, and that the more I know about how it all works, the less I have felt tempted toward social media, and the less I want to sacrifice my focus or time on it.
Also love that you have found curating your feed helpful. And you're totally right about Substack now that they've added typical social media platform features like a feed. And yes, what is it about working in social media that makes it so joyless? I guess anything we do for work can lose its luster, but there's something extra about social — too much exposure to too much information and too many disappointing things humans do.