{"id":17023,"date":"2024-12-29T14:38:13","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T13:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/29\/i-deleted-news-apps-guardian-readers-on-how-to-stop-doomscrolling\/"},"modified":"2024-12-29T14:38:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T13:38:13","slug":"i-deleted-news-apps-guardian-readers-on-how-to-stop-doomscrolling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/29\/i-deleted-news-apps-guardian-readers-on-how-to-stop-doomscrolling\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I deleted news apps\u2019: Guardian readers on how to stop doomscrolling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While we certainly don\u2019t encourage people to turn away from the news, we also know it\u2019s important to take breaks<\/p>\n<p>Doomscrolling happens to the best of us. Algorithms across social platforms are finely tuned to feed you content and posts that keep you locked in. It can be hard to pull yourself away even when you\u2019re consuming a barrage of news about the state of the world online.<\/p>\n<p>While we certainly don\u2019t encourage people to turn away from the news, we also know it\u2019s important to take breaks. A recent <a href=\"https:\/\/bcs.mit.edu\/directory\/tali-sharot\">MIT study<\/a> found that social media can create a negative feedback loop: those who are already struggling with their mental health are more likely to consume negative content, which makes their mental health worse.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2024\/dec\/29\/how-to-stop-doomscrolling\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b65e667f020ef51c3b50c53400ea4caec3dc0a31\/0_356_5338_3203\/master\/5338.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=efcf6ae84fe1ca0cb0b88187c6ca2a7c\" title=\"\u2018I deleted news apps\u2019: Guardian readers on how to stop doomscrolling\" \/>While we certainly don\u2019t encourage people to turn away from the news, we also know it\u2019s important to take breaks<br \/>\nDoomscrolling happens to the best of us. Algorithms across social platforms are finely tuned to feed you content and posts that keep you locked in. It can be hard to pull yourself away even when you\u2019re consuming a barrage of news about the state of the world online.<br \/>\nWhile we certainly don\u2019t encourage people to turn away from the news, we also know it\u2019s important to take breaks. A recent MIT study found that social media can create a negative feedback loop: those who are already struggling with their mental health are more likely to consume negative content, which makes their mental health worse. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While we certainly don\u2019t encourage people to turn away from the news, we also know it\u2019s important to take breaks Doomscrolling happens to the best of us. Algorithms across social platforms are finely tuned to feed you content and posts that keep you locked in. It can be hard to pull yourself away even when &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/29\/i-deleted-news-apps-guardian-readers-on-how-to-stop-doomscrolling\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018I deleted news apps\u2019: Guardian readers on how to stop doomscrolling<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":17024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17023"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}