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Scrolling social meeja and loss of intelligence.

Professor Precise-a-bug

Do you get bored by scrolling social meeja websites?

I was listening to Radical on R4 with Amill Raja on Friday morning. His guest was exploring the notion that we are becoming less intelligent because of the impact of constant scrolling social meeja sites which are full of short looping video clips. I understand and agree with the argument, that people are loosing the ability to analyse and think critically because they are too distracted by what they see on their phones.

But it got me thinking. For myself I can’t stand things like that. I get bored with websites that scroll down all the time with video clip after video clip or stupid picture of s dog in a hat. It is just me, or is it because I am autistic? 

Separately..I am laying claim to a new word I. have invented… "meeja" as a more accurate description of social media as most of what I catch site of on TiikTok, Insta etc seems to be more about the person who posted it than the subject …. LOOK AT ME. LOOK AT ME.

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  • Yeah, it's been scientifically proven doom scrolling kills off braincells. If you're looking at something with intent, it's a different story, though. By looking at something with intention, it does your brain good, as opposed to mindlessly scrolling for scrolling's sake

    Not only that, but most social media algorithms are purposely designed to push dangerous, hateful ideology for the sake of engagement. The human brain naturally has a "negativity bias", which means we are programmed to respond more to inflammatory stimuli than positive stimuli, and of course, that means negative content is more likely to get engagement, so the algorithms prioritise it. 

    Good work, techbros! You're ruining society!

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    Jamesmac said:
    By looking at something with intention, it does your brain good, as opposed to mindlessly scrolling for scrolling's sake

    Thanks for making this distinction.

    I have been pondering my Instagram use recently and what you say here helps.

    I do scroll but because of cookies what comes up aligns with my interests and I am also discriminating with regard to my choices.

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  • in reply to Jamesmac
    Jamesmac said:
    By looking at something with intention, it does your brain good, as opposed to mindlessly scrolling for scrolling's sake

    Thanks for making this distinction.

    I have been pondering my Instagram use recently and what you say here helps.

    I do scroll but because of cookies what comes up aligns with my interests and I am also discriminating with regard to my choices.

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