Time to Ditch Tv and social media

[Izthewiz]

Hello everyone.
It seems that time of year will be here in no time,The Election!
Yes I know its almost 10 months away but here come all the ads and fear "Coronavirus!" This evil cocktail is probably why we have some much depression anxiety and fear in the world.
We are bombarded with ads via mail,new and social media with why X party is better than Y party and fake news.
Its time to stop the insanity and ditch the nonsense media!

 

[Cuchculan]

WE gave both TVs away to a charity in this house. As both myself and my mother never had any interest in watching TV. We both prefer the radio. We have an election this Saturday here in Ireland. I blocked all Ads on social media relating to it. Our elections can be a different here in Ireland. Oddly the door to door stuff has not happened this time around. As a rule you normally have them knocking at doors. Bloody annoying. This time around we are getting it is all via the mail. Which goes straight in the bin.

 

[Izthewiz]

WE gave noth TVs away to a charity in this house. As both myself and my mother never had any interest in watching TV. We both prefer the radio. We have an election this Saturday here in Ireland. I blocked all Ads on social media relating to it. Our elections can be a different here in Ireland. Oddly the door to door stuff has not happened this time around. As a rule you normally have them knocking at doors. Bloody annoying. This time around we are getting it is all via the mail. Which goes straight in the bin.

Nice that's good to rid your home of t.v..
Ours has dust on it and some days we use it to hang clothes on.
I hope Ireland is good this time of year.
Lucky you to live in a country full of history.

 

[He Man]

Iz, yeah.. I've never had any (anti)social media. I participate in a couple online forums. But I do it anonymously, to avoid personal gossip, etc.
My opinion, (anti)social media is a tragic irony. Designed to bring people closer, it's in a lot of ways dividing/isolating people further. We gotta get out & have face to face interaction.. I've had a couple co-workers who reduced, or terminated, their Facebook(s) and said they felt happier & more relaxed. (peace)

 

[Izthewiz]

Iz, yeah.. I've never had any (anti)social media. I participate in a couple online forums. But I do it anonymously, to avoid personal gossip, etc.
My opinion, (anti)social media is a tragic irony. Designed to bring people closer, it's in a lot of ways dividing/isolating people further. We gotta get out & have face to face interaction.. I've had a couple co-workers who reduced, or terminated, their Facebook(s) and said they felt happier & more relaxed. (peace)

Hi He-Man
I feel you on that.
I know a lot of people that live on social media and these cell phones are their life.
Its a shame that so many peoples emotions are controlled by all the fake propaganda and lies via social media.
I think it has pretty much done all the damage it could.
People are more broken,scared and depressed then ever.

 

[bin_tenn]

Welcome to the internet: where everyone is an expert in everything because they read it on Fakebook or Google. I also call it (anti)social media, so it's funny to see others who do as well. Haha.

I have a FB account, which I use very sparingly. I don't install the app on my phone so as to avoid 1) location tracking and 2) useless notifications. I hide and / or block every personal profile or community page that perpetuates the racism, misinformation, political BS...you get the idea. I have reasons to keep my account, but if it weren't for those reasons, I'd delete it.

Yes, social media has completely annihilated (my opinion) the social aspect of life. It has dumbed society down significantly, as if we really needed help. It's true that they're designed to push their own agendas, to influence general opinion, etc. But it's equally true that the end users *abuse* those platforms. Like anxiety, it's such a vicious cycle.

They employ many psychological tricks to keep people hooked. Feedback loops are a prime example. You post a photo, you get a like or comment, and you get a notification - boom, you open the app / visit the site. They highlight your popular posts so you'll post and interact more - boom, you come back to the app / site. And so on and so forth.

It's extremely common for children to have their own accounts. I personally report every underage (under 13) account I stumbled upon. One of my kids is old enough to use it, and I monitor it very closely, and she also isn't allowed to be on her phone doing nothing else. She has chores, she has to spend some time outside being active if weather permits, etc, before she can be on the phone. And even then the phone time is reasonably limited.

I was born in the late 80s, grew up in the 90s. I miss those days.

 

[Izthewiz]

Welcome to the internet: where everyone is an expert in everything because they read it on Fakebook or Google. I also call it (anti)social media, so it's funny to see others who do as well. Haha.

I have a FB account, which I use very sparingly. I don't install the app on my phone so as to avoid 1) location tracking and 2) useless notifications. I hide and / or block every personal profile or community page that perpetuates the racism, misinformation, political BS...you get the idea. I have reasons to keep my account, but if it weren't for those reasons, I'd delete it.

Yes, social media has completely annihilated (my opinion) the social aspect of life. It has dumbed society down significantly, as if we really needed help. It's true that they're designed to push their own agendas, to influence general opinion, etc. But it's equally true that the end users *abuse* those platforms. Like anxiety, it's such a vicious cycle.

They employ many psychological tricks to keep people hooked. Feedback loops are a prime example. You post a photo, you get a like or comment, and you get a notification - boom, you open the app / visit the site. They highlight your popular posts so you'll post and interact more - boom, you come back to the app / site. And so on and so forth.

It's extremely common for children to have their own accounts. I personally report every underage (under 13) account I stumbled upon. One of my kids is old enough to use it, and I monitor it very closely, and she also isn't allowed to be on her phone doing nothing else. She has chores, she has to spend some time outside being active if weather permits, etc, before she can be on the phone. And even then the phone time is reasonably limited.

I was born in the late 80s, grew up in the 90s. I miss those days.

I also miss those times.
I was born in the early 80's and enjoyed every moment in the 90's.
The part that I miss the most beside the music and fun was sitting down and having a conversation for hours with family,friends and no one was checking their phone or updating facebook.
Communication is an art and everyday that goes by we our losing the battle.
Not sure why we now need or can be excited about 5G?