Why do I no longer actively use social networks
Technologies / / December 19, 2019
In human nature has an interesting bug: people want to think less and to simplify the existing model of the world. We like to live and do not know the reality, there is bad food, not figuring in all variety of world cuisine.
Some convenient exist in a world where there is only one enemy, and someone is difficult to think of an infinite universe. But all of these models follow the path of least resistance - nothing compared with what happens to us when constant use of social networks.
1. We have ceased to comprehend what is happening
Remember how you react to the new law, which you do not like. It was an emotional outburst that you necessarily duplicated in the social network. And you think about the reasons for this behavior?
Someone scribbled angry "until" on Twitter, someone has shared a link to the news and commented indignantly it. Here are just a reflection does not occur. Instead, you wait huskies and comments. The more, the more you believe in his innocence.
You do not rely on logic and experience, but on the opinions and reactions of other people. Then you caught the emotional wave will again and again to produce a negative, getting a flurry of endorsements from your "friends." But you did not comprehend what is happening, but only spend valuable time on the reflection of the minor events.
So it may take your whole life.
You feel that you are in the thick of things, but it is not. You are in the midst of gadgets. You just react to the game, a concert or a rally, which took place without you. You are there, where they were yesterday. You do not depend on anything, what would you do about it any thought.
2. We have a distorted picture of the world
Constantly being in virtual contact with different people, you cease to perceive reality. In your mind builds a distorted picture of the world and its inhabitants.
Have you ever seen someone wrote that he changed his wife or looked great movies? A reading that the guy does not have enough money to survive until the end of the month? Not. In social networks, you will see only the succulent dining in the restaurant, photos of vacation with a blue sky and palm trees and shots just purchased gadgets.
No one will tell cockroaches in the kitchen, no one will talk about pain in the neck and back, no one to share the fact that every Friday removes prostitutes.
Reality is not for you. For you - high-gloss images with perfect sea views girlfriend in photogenic pose, lunch superimposed in Instagram filters and children who never weep, not cocoa, but just smile, wearing the most beautiful clothes and play in the world LEGO.
The same applies to news. I have read dozens of angry comments that in Kiev removed all the boxes. I thought that I would return to the city, littered with debris. But it turned out that instead of ugly plastic boxes come pretty familiar in Europe and Asia. Nobody wrote about the new trash, only about the destruction of the old.
3. We see the worst of all possible worlds
We do not live in a better place, as well as any man, inhabiting the Earth. The ideal world does not exist. Daily spending time on social networks, we are convinced of this, to get the most depressing information.
No one shares the news of the launch of 100 new buses. But all will be discussing stolen at acquisition of $ 10 million.
Reporters choose nightmarish information occasions, and we share the worst of them.
It turns out this picture of the world that I want to hang myself. So the world that you did not choose, it seems the most disgusting.
4. We do not know who our real friends
You can not tell who your real friend, who is a comrade, and who is just a friend. You are all mixed up in one heap.
At some point, you start to believe that people with similar interests in the social network - your true friends. Perhaps this is so. But you have to check it out in the real world. It is unlikely that the result will make you happy.
5. We forget about the real world in pursuit of huskies
You will see a stunning sunset and, of course, you want it to photograph. But its beauty do you assess the number of collected likes to Instagram or Facebook. Collected 100 likes - awesome sunset! No likes - it's not the best sunset.
You can see a fragment of the grand event, which lasts for a matter of minutes, but your eyes - in phone. You are busy processing the photos and its publication. Sunset has ended, and you all have missed.
Now it's time to eat. You order spaghetti, but start with what will be photographed. Only here you will have cooled down food - processing and publication of pictures takes a lot of time. But about that no one would know, because you do not write about it.
100 likes talking about the restaurant and the dish is excellent, but what do you think - is secondary. Eat your spaghetti cooled, the taste of which you do not remember, because you will be engaged in studying news feeds.
And still you are dealing with brands on social networks. Maybe you try to talk with a bottle of beer at the store and listen to a fresh anecdote? Maybe satellite dish amuse you demotivator on cable television? Maybe the car in the showroom will show you the last TopGear in real life? Unlikely. It's time to think about the absurdity of the status quo.