When I was in GCSE Media we were taught "Magazines curates the mind." Back then people would look at big mansions / fancy cars on magazines or that famous celeb full o bling. They would turn to crime to fulfill that lifestyle.

Today Media / Social app curates the mind. We get depressed / envious seeing our cousin or friends married, kids and own home when we are single and still at home.

The lesson is get out there and do something about it. U want bling, learn to sing and get famous. U want a mansion, open up your own empire. U want successful life, get out there! Leave home and good things will come your way.

Even I can sigh, moan and complain "Oh! Look at me! Oh!" Or I can leave parents' home thas literally thee first step. Move to another City if I must and curate my own world.

I think you're right, and hope that whatever you do helps you get back to the common sense and peace of mind you want and need in your life.

But I disagree with some comments here that suggest the problem you're fighting is caused just by bad manners, or poor personal choices in online interaction. Saying that individuals bear all the responsiblity for toxic social media environment, and to "not blame big tech", is misunderstanding what's wrong and how it happened.

Tech elites have spent years fine tuning an industry that exploits human weakness to deliver trillions in profits with little transparency and virtually no accountability. They're carrying out the most massive social engineering experiment in human history, and hiding the real outcomes.

Most social media platforms carry all the risks of defective products like harmful drugs or dangerous cars, but face no consequences. They need to be regulated in the public interest.

My understanding is that algorithms are a technical method of targeting users with particular information - it is not the information itself. We have to use the same discretion about what information to believe, whether online or in person. Whether you get angry about posts outside your echo chamber is down to your personality, @wildland I fear.

I think that's fine, but I also don't think there's anything wrong with discussing politics. I don't mean the kind of bickering between "sides" you see on SW. But I've had some very interesting political discussions before too, where we're actually talking about how society runs and bigger concepts than just whose "guy" is better...

I've been massively slowing down because I have lost all faith in the goodness of humanity. I'm retreating to my ivory tower

Yep enjoy mingling with people of different political opinions and keep politics out of RL conversations

Amen!

You’ve been a willing participant for long enough. It’ll be hard to take this seriously.

It should be common sense, but sense is not common.