Twitter, Facebook, the 24 hour news cycle, wanting to be first, algorithms that put you into an echo chamber ... it's all bad folks. I got off Facebook 4 years ago and Twitter last year and I have to say my mental health is so much better.
A lot of these companies hire psychologists who's specialty is gambling addictions. They don't do it to help you stop being addicted, they do it so they know exactly how to make you addicted to checking those sides and feeds all the time.
And one of the things they found is most successful at getting you to come back is RAGE! It's something Fox News discovered in the early 2000s, it's something Twitter built into their algorithm a decade ago, it's something Facebook introduced the moment they added a news feed.
If you are pissed off about something, you will engage with the site and posts more often. So the angrier you are, the more money they make off collecting and selling your data and advertising to you.
I'm of the last generation that knows what is was like before the wide use of the internet. Granted, I was a kid, but I remember being much happier then. I wonder if older generations feel the same?
