There is a weighty body of evidence on social media use & mental health problems, & I suspect that the way that its infrastructure (coupled with the profit motive) has commodified attention is a part of this, but I'm less sure about the idea of it reducing our attention spans.
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For a while it was believed that the shortening of attention spans was a myth. But then this study came along to further support the idea:https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/tuod-aoi041119.php …
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Are you talking about avid twitter users or you talking about the entire population?
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The cacophony extends beyond Twitter to the web and even the real world, where any emotion can ambush you at any time from the darkness of a digital screen. For simplicity's sake, though, I spoke only of Twitter.
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Me: its so true. just goes to show how -- Also me: *anxiously, mindlessly scroll down*
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We have no suitable prophylactics such as we have in almost all other spheres of existence. And no-one seems to be able to suggest any suitable ones that do not look like censorship.
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As long as you cause an emotional cacophony within me, G, I will continue to show up.
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Except we don't open the newspaper every half an hour to see what's new.
@G_S_Bhogal is right on the button. We are getting desensitized and impatient. Scale of gratification is getting higher.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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My heart does not deaden but my attention can be shot
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