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Anne Emerson Hall's avatar

It took several paragraphs thinking, I’m not on my phone! before I recognized that hey, I’m on my ipad, at least as long as the article says.

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Frank Lee's avatar

I don't like Twitter. Never have. Don't use it much. It is just a snark machine. But I do look at trending stories every now and then. I am paying attention to Twittergate for example. I don't spend any time on Instagram. I don't like Facebook because of the algorithms that feed groupthink. However, Facebook has a connection to all of my friends. I am not hooked on the app, the app has hooked me by exploiting my friends. Where I am hooked a bit is videos. Facebook has a video feed, and then there is Youtube, Rumble, Vemo and others sites. I will never have the TikTok app installed, but TikTok videos show up in other feeds. I used to read more... now I watch more videos. Many of them are educational, but some are just crap entertainment. Youtube and Facebook have gotten way more aggressive on advertising, and this is causing me to stop watching... because generally the value of the video does not rise to me being forced to watch a 15 or 25 second ad.

My real screen addiction is Substack and other news sources that have open comment capability. Because there is the ability to learn by reading the piece, and the commenting and then responding to replies on the comments... which all enhance learning and understanding.

Frankly, I think that is positive. Although my wife would prefer we go on more walks and play more cards.

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