A big reason why I engaged less in PDW is that it exhibited the same damage as doom-scrolling any other social media platform: Twitter, Facebook, etc.
Go look up the psychological effects of doom-scrolling. It doesn't matter what the political leaning is, or what the topic of the website is.
Like many posters on this forum reminds us: we are in a war. Go read some history. The winning strategies are no different from life, or any other endeavour: always consider the long-term cost-benefit analysis. If all you do is emotionally react to forum thread titles, and do this for too long without a break, then you lose sight of long-term thinking.
I agree. Too many on here are social media whores. Its like a popularity contest. Putting a post on here that has already been posted 10 times because you feel so important that you think everyone wants to hear how you say the same thing.
For example... going on here this morning and there are at least 20 posts about Trump going to Palestine.
For a past example, plenty of folks doom watched MSM after 9/11. It hurt them. They did a South Park about it. I'd rather turn off the TV / internet than blast my soul with depression.
to clarify:
Don't let ANY social media platform, be it Communities.win or normie platform, make you depressed. Don't let your guard down just because the forum is based. Keep your physical and mental health up.
Tru dat. Go read a good book. Have a drink if you're into it. Go watch an old movie or play a video game or a sport. Heck, if you're married, go be intimate with your spouse. The R&R is as important as the preparing and the fighting.
Also, the sheer amount of wasted time will affect your work. You may end up out of a job or ruin your business, and hence your family.
Take breaks often. Not checking the forum (or any news for that matter) for a day or two at a time helps.
I was just talking to my mom about this earlier today. I may be go there one today just to see a little something. But most of it’s already posted here.
But… Overall, the amount of anger, bitterness, resentment, hatefulness, and overall doom, is untenable. It used to be a high energy forum - but now it’s just a sad shadow of what it once used to be
Indeed. See video, Post link, failed to provide analysis and thinking, repeat.
"I feel like I need to share this. Everybody should know this. I will tell you"
Without consideration that the bullshit posted, is just that: posted bullshit, regurgitated for the upteenth time.
In effect, if I leave this place alone for say a week, it is easy to see how the real gems are burried under the avalanche of bullshit.
Indeed, it is time to be mindful of what the effects are.