Humans evolved to pay close attention to danger, but today that instinct is being overwhelmed by an endless supply of bad news from around the world. Researchers say the answer isn’t to stop following current events—it’s to build healthier habits around how, when, and where we get our news.

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[–] flameleaf@lemmy.world 22 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Switching from Reddit to Lemmy did wonders for my mental health. Less time doom scrolling, more time to engage with my hobbies

[–] agent_nycto@lemmy.world 25 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I feel the opposite, my feed is almost entirely people describing how the world is falling apart, how communism is good but not that communism, and Linux

[–] specimen@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Absolutely, lemmy has such a downer vibe to it, it’s not doing me any good using this platform lately.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Yup. Everything is horrible according to Lemmy.

[–] MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

We need more jokes around Lemmy, this is all communism this and that gays blahblahblah trump yapyapyap, holy cow. Sometimes I can't help but doomscroll on Reddit, missing the community and the jokes and the friends I had there.

[–] lyralycan@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago

Voyager has the ability to filter anything you want, the moment you see some toxic bad news you can remove a keyword. The only reason I haven't banned .world outright is because there are meme channels

[–] flameleaf@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

You have control over what you see in your feeds. I was talking more about the volume in content on my feeds here. Could've worded my post better.

I'm spending more time away from social media.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I block the worst offenders from news feeds. Helps a lot.

[–] justaman123@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I agree with you, but I also agree with people commenting. I think reddit and the other corporate social media have really got their algorithms tweaked in such a way to keep you addicted to scrolling their apps. And the addictive stimulation of doom scrolling part makes Lemmy better. But I also agree with the other posters. To paraphrase someone much smarter and funnier than me reality has a real downer bias to it lately.

[–] flameleaf@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I don't engage with algorithmic content. I used Reddit through RSS and I browse Lemmy the same way.

The problem with doing that on Reddit is that there was so much trash in my feeds I ended up developing my own filter system to make scrolling through it manageable. It got to a point where it felt like I was spending more time blocking content than engaging with it. Lemmy's smaller population means I'm spending less time reading and commenting, and spending more time doing other things with my life.

[–] nightlily@leminal.space 3 points 4 days ago

The gaming communities here are somehow even more miserable than reddit. I need different hobbies clearly.