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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: 0.217s | source
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anshumankmr ◴[21 Apr 25 07:06 UTC] No.43749127[source]▶
Removing Instagram from my daily routine has been the best change I did, apart from adopting a cat. Just saw some stuff on my feed I had no desire to see apart from brainrot, and the algorithm kept shovelling some controversial figures too, which I had no interest in, so that also did not help its cause.
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AStonesThrow ◴[21 Apr 25 07:19 UTC] No.43749206[source]▶
Have you considered creating an IG account for the cat? Could be really famous. The next "Tardar Sauce".
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1. anshumankmr ◴[21 Apr 25 08:16 UTC] No.43749497[source]▶
Have given it thought yes, my photography skills are not that great, but I do have good shots of him here and there.

here's one: https://unsplash.com/photos/GuK3U7typ18