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why does reading / listening to a book almost never have regretted user minutes and social media does? for me its because its easy to stop reading. if i can't pay attention or its boring its natural to stop. there's nothing pulling me or dragging me back, its an active process. with social its more passive: you have the world's most potent memetic content surfaced and even autoplayed to keep you going well past when you might have stopped. the feeling of regretted life minutes is familiar to me, its the same feeling as losing more than you can afford gambling, having bad sex, or doing drugs.

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[btw this is lowercase jtgi because––in the words of @cameron––its an alter ego that mostly represents stream of consciousness unfiltered raw ideas. hopefully later they grow into punctuated title case words]

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I think about this in terms of intentionality. If you do something with intention, you do not regret it. Whether it is a book or social media scrolling. The reason time spent on social media is less intentional is because of two things (1) notifications (2) algo feed the algo feed is a drug. https://warpcast.com/czar/0xc9337190

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was thinking about this recently through the opposite lens - what has "meaningful user minutes"? i realized I couldn't really name a podcast episode or tiktok that had a meaningful impact on me, but many movies, songs, even youtube videos had. I think part of it is how long labore to make the thing you consume. and social media is countless relatively low effort, unmemorable content

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Me too - about soc med. I find it easier to get lost in paper rather than eBooks. Old school, I guess. Also, I prefer how Japan lumps this all as SNS.. social networking service. It's all about the network effect.

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Can guarantee no regretted user minutes in /jupiter-the-cat

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Really appreciate this reflection I think my “engagement” on Farcaster has actually become more shallow because of the algorithmic feed 500 $degen

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this is a really good point when I stay up late reading a book it's because I'm hooked, can't think of a single time I really regretted it when I spend more than 15 minutes on social media I come away feeling drained and with a "how do I get sucked into that" feeling

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I'm supporting you through @microsub! 214 $DEGEN (Please mute the keyword "ms!t" if you prefer not to see these casts.)

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Social media algorithm is designed to keep addicted Infact the same hormone responsible for some drug addiction are also involved in social media addiction That why I advise people to take a social media detox once in a while or have a period where you don’t use your phone

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I think about this in terms of intentionality. nnIf you do something with intention, you do not regret it. nnWhether it is a book or social media scrolling. nnThe reason time spent on social media is less intentional is because of two things nn(1) notifications n(2) algo feed nnthe algo feed is a drug.nnhttps://warpcast.com/czar/0xc9337190

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