Social Media Check-In
Sort your feed by how it leaves you, not by how much you use it.
Humans have always compared themselves to others — it is how we calibrate. What changed is the sample size, the editing, and the fact that comparison is now optimised for engagement rather than accuracy.
Good for: wondering what social media is actually doing for you
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Open the app you use most and scroll for two minutes as normal.
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Write down the first three feelings that surfaced.
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Identify which accounts produced each one.
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Mute — don't unfollow — the accounts tied to the worst of them.
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Recheck in a fortnight.
Take what you found into a check-in, or read the thinking behind the tool. Saving it puts it on your shelf in My Modern Human.
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