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Folks who know me know that I've been trying to quit Facebook and Twitter for yeeears. At first, it wasn't any concrete; I just FELT bad after being on them. And then I saw the @Netflix doc #TheSocialDillemma that explained that they were set up to work like addictions. 1/x
@netflix So using the sites floods your brain with happy chemicals, so you start using those sites to the exclusion of other things -- like positive relationships -- that release the same chemicals but require more work. The cycle leaves folks with a vague sense of shame/depression. 2/x
Which can be alleviated by--you guessed it--getting back on the sites that flood our brains with happy chemicals. And round and round we go. The key to the whole thing is a computer algorithm designed to create an experience that will flood your brain with happy chemicals. 3/x
