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   DavidB (davidbhimself@firefish.city)'s status on Saturday, 03-Aug-2024 08:54:34 JST DavidB

   Oh goodness...
   
   My feed has become an outrage-fest again...
   
   The worst part is that I don't even see the right-wing outrage, only the left-wong outrage about the right-wing outrage.
   
   I don't know what keywords to add to my mute list anymore.
   
   I became very active here because it was a positive place, it was not the constant outrage and the outrage about outrage fest that Twitter had become, long before Musk bought it.
   
   But right now, my feed looks like my Twitter feed from two-three years ago.
   
   I'm going to start unfollowing and muting people in mass, I'm afraid. :-(
   
   And remember people who are addicted to outrage:
   1. It's mostly useless to constantly be outraged online.
   2. The only effect it has is "any publicity is good publicity." The more you talk about the fascists, the transphobes, the racists, and the rest, the more visibility you give them.
   3. It's bad for your mental health.
   
   #SocialMedia #Outrage #Fediverse #MentalHealth

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     BeAware :fediverse: (beaware@social.beaware.live)'s status on Saturday, 03-Aug-2024 08:54:34 JST BeAware :fediverse:

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     @DavidBHimself a little longer...closer to 4 years...wonder why that could be.