[tojumpship]

You will find many, arguing they abandoned all online presence. Urging people to leave social media for a better life like they have. Yet they have accounts on these pseudo-social sites - Reddit, HN ... - actively participating. I don' think restricting your own access to a swath of information is a good idea, no matter what that info is. Moving your monthly online discussion habit to Reddit of all places... Humans are social, and with the internet's presence in every facet of life, it will be harder to run from it.

I don't think simply being absent is logical. Sensing ideological currents, bias and being primarily a lurker rather than participating will have the same mental benefits without limiting your knowledge.

[codyb]

What mental benefits are people getting exactly? Cause, pretty sure you'd get much more from reading a long form article that the 10s tik tak clip or whatever.

The majority of people seem barely able to form a coherent thought beyond what they've been reading in their bubble these days.

40% of the country doesn't even bother to vote most elections (here in the US)... I don't think "sensing ideological currents" is really at the forefront of most people's minds lol.

I read Hacker News once a day maybe, and use a couple discord servers. But have abandoned everything with an infinite scroll produced by rage inducing, bubble forming algorithms. I prune my discord servers down, and blocked HN on everything but my work computer (lol).