Why scrolling on social media is addictive
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- Опубліковано 13 лип 2023
- Scrolling through social media can be addictive in similar ways to cocaine or alcohol. And it’s contributing to a growing mental health crisis among youths. Subscribe to The Washington Post on UA-cam: wapo.st/2QOdcqK
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Even scrolling through UA-cam comments section is addictive too
Guilty!
yup
Mmhmm....
no please
@@heed1776 because you just replied to my comment
It is designed to keep you enraged and engaged.
loneliness , helplessness in todays world are also leading to social media addiction , people are using social media to escape harsh reality .
But using social media makes reality worse, not better.
Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if it's the loneliness part that affects people the most - part of the problem is that, sadly, it's not uncommon for people to have low-quality IRL friendships and/or relationships (and, for some people, social media is just a placeholder for where most socialization usually goes). For most people that are neurodivergent, ostracized from their family/friends/community, and/or (like me) could have mild social anxiety and trust/vulnerability issues, IRL socialization has often been hard already - so social media addiction can be very likely when people feel lonely, even while hanging out with others IRL.
I am one of those kids who grew up on social media, been on there since I was 14 it's hard being an adult now because I spent so much time on those apps
Children shouldn't have been allowed to use it in the first place. I don't understand why it was allowed.
It is us that are at fault for our addiction to social media not social media itself. We became too dependent on social media for all our socialization needs and we have severed ourselves from people in our neighborhoods and communities.
I quit social media a while back. Best thing I ever did, Strangely enough I felt more conscious (probably because I wasn't being constantly distracted anymore) and I wanted to be more social which is ironic considering leaving ''social media'' made me want to interact more with people.
says the fool commenting on youtube, a social media platform XD
@@artintegrationseries6893Oh look at this genius pointing out the irony, the Internet is not inherently bad as long as you use it correctly: as a tool for information and communication. Plus limit the amount of time you spend on it.
@@darkvalenzuela8020 yeah, and I never claimed to be those great saints whose life is so much better after quitting 'social media'. I have an insta account, but it's a private one, with only 10 followers as my friends with whom I can no longer meet in person. See? Now you're the genius pointing out the irony. Instagram is not inherently bad as long as you're using it correctly. Why is it automatically seen as addictive, while youtube is seen as oh so educational when in fact it can be much worse than insta, especially because nobody even recognizes yt users as addicts?
I wish I was in a neverending 90s decade. The invention of the smartphone and social media is the worst thing I have exprienced in my lifetime.
Why has this video from Washinton Post (with 2.28M suscribers just the youtube channel) from 6 months ago only 28,000 views and 16 comments???
I thought the same
I'm left social media for a half year and i feel free.
Says the fool commenting on youtube, a social media channel XD
For me,researching purpose of the phones and the mobile devices and professor came to our university and they even explained why the Phones are addicted to young children.During high school or middle school,id remember but he said it was really bad for students to even use phones or devices every Time.And he was really right.thats why even I'm at university,2nd year and now I still think removing instagram or even stop using Facebook is the best and prefer not to use apps or ended up like using alcohol except you killed yourself and mental health matters❤
As Sam Vaknin says true love and intimacy is the ultimate addiction, therefore if you are intimate and truly falling in love with your partner, it reduces the ned for other addictions, such as facebook.
I’ve been on my phone since I’ve been 13. It’s been 10 years. Instead of learning a hobby or actually living, doom scrolling. *We rather watch others do something we like than actually do it. Like kids watching adult play with toys on UA-cam* I’m changing that today and will try to learn when I’m on my phone and not doom scroll. This makes me more lazy than I already am and takes up too much of my precious time on earth.
Pictures go in photos albums .
It's not just youth that it hurts
Excellent informative video. I fully agree with what has been shown in the video.
I actually don’t like schooling. It’s boring.
we....the SOCIETY are bored. sad & lonely people just don't know what to do with the amount of free-spare times we
have😮😮
Go outside
It's a digital slot machine.
I guess UA-cam can be addictive too or is more related to the TV and channel surfing ?
What makes me most uncomfortable about our current trajectory is that most content feeds are becoming increasingly algorithmatized.
I want AT LEAST one feed on internet which is sorted chronologically and filtered by who I follow - that's it. I want at least one feed in which I have total control and free from recommendation.
It's concerning that right now UA-cam is pushing contents I do not follow onto my Subscription feed. They are just desperate to dial up the addiction meter now that ad industry is pulling away from Big Tech.
idk without recommendations i would have never found alot of channels on youtube or pages, new games movies that i never would have found without it but turned out to love when it was recommended
Oh please! If it’s kids, parents get them their online stuff. They don’t care with their own noses stuck in their phones. Social Media addictive for adults? Obviously they have nothing else going for them. No hobbies. In my day in the 60’s and 70’s, TV was the villain and my parents made sure my brother and I did other things. If we messed up and watched TV when we weren’t allowed the TV would no longer be in the home. Parents use social media for their kids much like many parents in my day with TV as a babysitter. There’s such a thing as an OFF switch. No one twists your arm to go online. Stop blaming social media for your inadequacies and your kids’ inadequacies that you as a parent refuse to deal with.
Phones aren't the problem. Internet is. I'll really be in my mid 50s when my youngest is a teen. 60s when she's a young adult 😭. Plz give me the strength 🤞🏻. I'm gonna end up being way more embarrassing. Imagine her being all, "omg! No one even knows who Obama is! Dinosaurs wouldn't even use that. What's wrong w/ you? _Slams door in face & cries in pillow_ dude idk. I bedazzled it at least? Most importantly at least u can always call 911. What's wrong w/ me? What's wrong w/ u?! Yw, jerk
@@ahhwe-any7434 people can get online with their phones. I have a regular cell phone, no IPhone, BUT I can go on UA-cam or look up things. I prefer my IPad, before that my Tablet and before that a now non working desktop. The internet is also a problem because parents refuse to get their kids involved in hobbies or take them to museums like my parents did because then TV was the villain and it was free back then. Parents use the internet today like a babysitter like parents, except mine in the 60’s and early 70’s who used TV as a babysitter.
@@ahhwe-any7434 and who gets those phones! No one forces anyone to go online whatever method. No one forces anyone to get a phone. I have one and don’t go online with it. I use an IPad. What I do with it is choice.
After all, look at what it did to Taylor Lorenz! She is online a lot for someone of her advanced years, and cannot tell the difference between Mr Beast and someone who is far right.
Why is America's solution always a law suit? You know what else you can do? PUT DOWN YOUR DAMN PHONE. Take some responsibility!
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Social media is NOT addictive. Take responsibility for your own actions instead of blaming an inanimate object! Not hard.
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Stop blaming social media as the root of all your problems! YOU choose to have internet! Your kids hardly pay for it either and it’s used as a baby sitter whether they use an IPhone they do it need or some other thing! Internet has a nifty thing called an OFF switch! Kids are addicted to social media because parents refuse to get them out of it!