SoylentNews is people
SoylentNews
Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard
When we consider how much time young people spend on social media, negative news content may have a bad impact. And those already psychologically vulnerable may be particularly susceptible to the ill effects of a constant stream of negative news. This is because stress responses are often accentuated in those already suffering from symptoms of anxiety, depression and other mental illnesses.
So, it is encouraging to see some technology companies proactively showing concern about their users' mental health. For example, Twitter is teaming up with the youth mental health organisation ReachOut to provide resources to help young people learn about the possible negative impacts of social media, so they won't be overly consumed by it and know how to cope if they are.
This is a good start – Twitter is making more information available. But it can do more, and Twitter shouldn't be the only one doing it.
Yes, I'm certain this is exactly what is needed. Much better idea than shutting your Twitter app.
Source: The Conversation
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Friday June 02 2017, @08:32PM
A better tip is perhaps to learn to take pauses from all attention seeking electronics and people. More importantly is to filter heavily on what is important and relevant. Kardashian butt size = irrelevant, technological disruptive inventions = important. etc.
But shutting the Twitter app might be a good idea. It seems to attract the crowd that loves to look for faults in other people that are of no importance. And then escalate it into a big fight about something, not important.