Comment by dmode

I recently closed my Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit accounts. A week has passed since then and I have noticed that I have been really happy and optimistic. Probably the happiest in the last 5 years. I am still tempted to take a glance at Reddit or Twitter. It is almost a drug like addiction. These platforms are designed to provoke, agitate, and make you mad. It was immensely bad for my mental health and I am sure for countless others. I was time and again drawn to all the negativity and it had a slow pervasive effect in changing my mood. I sincerely hope as a society we move away from these toxic social platforms and go back to the days when we used to have civil in person conversations