Comment on ‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI
nucleative@lemmy.world 1 day agoI now avoid all videos showing deaths or serious injuries (if I know that kind of content is coming).
Feels better to not have those images in my mind.
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The same thing happens, to a much lesser extent, when you read emotionally charged headlines. Having your mental health being constantly bombarded with outrage, anger, fear, etc may be good for social media companies and their Engagement metrics, but it’s very bad for each individual (and also society).
BananaIsABerry@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
It’s astonishing how much better your mental health is if you stay off social media even for a few days.
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 1 day ago
1000% Even on Lemmy, my default view is my subscribed communities and none of them are political so, outside of Linux v Windows drama and associated memes I don’t have to see much outrage (not counting Mint users, smh)
The best tip I’ve found is to delete the apps and force yourself to use the web interface (and turn on private mode in your browser so it clears your cookies ever time so you have to type your username and password each time).
Adding that little bit of friction is enough to overcome the random compulsions to check social media. Not that typing in your username and password is hard, but it is annoying enough that you’ll avoid it usually.
armandoenlachamba@piefed.social 1 day ago
Give me the names of some of those sweet communities, kind stranger.
Please?
TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Ignorance is indeed bliss.