A little irony in posting about logging off from social media on social media, but still worth our consideration…

SCROLL HOLE: The uncontrollable act of endlessly and mindlessly scrolling through social media feeds. 🌸
The similarity to “down the rabbit hole dis not escape me!
Our brain likes to finish acts and uses that as a sign to stop. We finish the food on our plate, we finish our working hours, we finish our exercise after the allotted time.🌸
With social media, and endless episodes of Netflix, this cue for brain to stop is absent. This is simply not natural for our minds!🌸
We know why social media is invested in creating these scroll holes (more revenue). But why are we invested? It’s because we engage the dopamine-seeking reward loop, which keeps us in this black hole. But we do loose precious time in the process, which could have been utilized for productive activities, or spent with more awareness.🌸
And these scroll holes have become a regular part of…
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SCROLL HOLE, well said, Dr. Hb. Lovely photo! Youtube and Google taught me the stuff I want to know. WP is a tool for me to share. No time for social media.
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Thank you, Amy! A targeted and focused use of the internet is best, if we can keep to it!
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