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 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.