Cesar Plascencia
Jan 4, 2025
We have a small computer in our hands that can find a lot of information but we focus and spend a lot of our time on social media. We use social as a way to find funny videos, news and as entertainment. They don’t pay attention when there focus is on videos and don’t see the time go by so fast.
When I started middle school, everyone I knew had social media. I didn't at the time, but I just wanted to be part of that community when I started discovering TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat.
My screen time increased since i started consuming social media content, and I started doomscrolling for hours without stopping. I later developed a short attention span because I watched short videos, developed that bad habit, and stopped watching long-form videos. I began to lose control of myself and let social media take over my time.
We sometimes wonder how much it affects us in the long run because we start enjoying the easy dopamine that social media provides. When you start taking a more critical view of society, you notice people are always glued to their phones. It has become a modern problem even for youth.
This problem made me lose focus, so I had to do a detox, use monk mode, and delete all social media apps or any apps that were consuming too much of my time. I had to rewire my brain to improve my self-control and become more productive with the time wasted scrolling on social media.
We won’t know how it will affect the future generation, since if a kid is crying to their parents, it used to be a pacifier or a toy. Now they are giving a phone to watch YouTube videos as a form of entertainment.
While everyone is wasting their time on social media, the board of the companies is happy and making money off all the eyeballs. Since attention is the product, they have to sell us as many products as possible, so the company keeps spending money on advertising and gives more money to Meta.
Dropped a link to an article about the overconsumption of social media
https://medium.com/symposium-viit/over-consumption-of-social-media-in-everyday-life-478b5bc1a8f5
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#Socialmedia #Attention span #dopamine #TimeMaxing