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The effect of deactivating Facebook and Instagram on users' emotional state

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506 points imakwana | 1 comments | 21 Apr 25 04:24 UTC | HN request time: 8.333s | source
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countWSS ◴[21 Apr 25 05:20 UTC] No.43748692[source]▶
Anecdotal: Stopping commenting on reddit reduced emotional stress significantly. Reddit is one of those "social" anti-social circles where you can't afford to be on the "wrong side of argument" and every discussion can quickly spiral out.
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noncoml ◴[21 Apr 25 05:22 UTC] No.43748698[source]▶
Same with stopping replyhing to HN. I just downvote and upvote. Emotional stress significantly reduced.
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1. colechristensen ◴[21 Apr 25 05:51 UTC] No.43748813[source]▶
There's a correlation between being really obnoxious and continuing threads on HN or anywhere else.

Occasionally there are good real conversations where people are generally interested and curious but the most common are either marginally interested or very interested in worthless conflict.