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Are you using social media, correctly, as you put it.. Or. is social media using you?

I find that even if you go out of your way to sanitize and make SM useful to your needs. You can't do away with the unhealthy incentives around it and possible potential dopamine addiction.

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Everybody seems to like to accuse you of secretly being brainwashed if you say you like something they don't. Honestly, what is so different about being on here and being on Reddit, for instance? It's the same thing.

Speaking of myself, I have been on Twitter for ~10 months. I have created a nice bubble for myself by carefully following serious experts in my topics of interest. I unfollow someone at the first sign of them exhibiting troll behavior (which I define myself).

I can confidently say that I have benefited significantly by way of increasing my knowledge in my interest area and gained a good variety of perspective.

I do agree that there’s always a temptation to go for “likes” and get pulled into some heated debate. But after a while it becomes easier.

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