Why I stopped bingeing Xiaohongshu / X / Douyin
Independent thinking, a clean break
Algorithmic feeds only represent some people's discourse and values
The real world's values are far more dimensional and complex
than what social media shows
Trending online values no longer steer my mind
From the bottom you can see
that content is just projection of desire and imagination
Everyone reads the same post differently
and differently from what the author meant
We all live in our own imagination
and traffic effects concentrate and amplify stimulating topics
so you mistake that for the real world
Lazy thinking distorts real judgment
Looked the other way, as a consumer of this content
you mostly reinforce your imagined world
constantly flattering a frozen set of values
which doesn't help you actually know the world
Meaning overusing this stuff
has already lost its original point
It doesn't make you better or closer to truth
Same line as always
the real world is far more complex and multi-dimensional than the network
You won't miss much by not surfing
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Why I stopped bingeing Xiaohongshu / X / Douyin
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Why I stopped bingeing Xiaohongshu / X / Douyin
Independent thinking, a clean break
Algorithmic feeds only represent some people's discourse and values
The real world's values are far more dimensional and complex
than what social media shows
Trending online values no longer steer my mind
From the bottom you can see
that content is just projection of desire and imagination
Everyone reads the same post differently
and differently from what the author meant
We all live in our own imagination
and traffic effects concentrate and amplify stimulating topics
so you mistake that for the real world
Lazy thinking distorts real judgment
Looked the other way, as a consumer of this content
you mostly reinforce your imagined world
constantly flattering a frozen set of values
which doesn't help you actually know the world
Meaning overusing this stuff
has already lost its original point
It doesn't make you better or closer to truth
Same line as always
the real world is far more complex and multi-dimensional than the network
You won't miss much by not surfing
Independent thinking, a clean break
Algorithmic feeds only represent some people's discourse and values
The real world's values are far more dimensional and complex
than what social media shows
Trending online values no longer steer my mind
From the bottom you can see
that content is just projection of desire and imagination
Everyone reads the same post differently
and differently from what the author meant
We all live in our own imagination
and traffic effects concentrate and amplify stimulating topics
so you mistake that for the real world
Lazy thinking distorts real judgment
Looked the other way, as a consumer of this content
you mostly reinforce your imagined world
constantly flattering a frozen set of values
which doesn't help you actually know the world
Meaning overusing this stuff
has already lost its original point
It doesn't make you better or closer to truth
Same line as always
the real world is far more complex and multi-dimensional than the network
You won't miss much by not surfing