Alternatives to Doom Scrolling - Ways to Make Your Feeds Uplifting
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I enjoy social media. It’s a great relaxation break and a way to catch up with people and to be entertained. Lately, the doom scrolling has not been that much fun, and it often feels like a dark cloud hovering over everything. Here are some things you can do to make your feed more uplifting and interesting.
Click, comment, and interact with posts and sites that you are interested in. The algorithms will take over, and you will see more of that in your feed. (The converse is also true. Don’t interact with what you want to see less of.)
Most of the social media sites have an option on the posts to see more like it or fewer items like it. Some even have a pause or a mute to stop seeing that site for a time period. Look for the ellipse (…) on the post to see the options. A little cleanup will help curate the content of your feed.
Sites like Facebook have an option to tag your friends (on a personal page) and mark them as “Favorites.” You can do this too for pages you want to see more often.
Facebook and other sites let you follow pages that you’re interested in. It’s good from time to time to open the list (It’s under “More” on your main page under the banner.) Select “Following” and delete any that you’re no longer interested in.
If something is really not interesting or not worth your time, you can block that site permanently.
What would you add to my list?
