Andrew Mutavdzija
@andym_dc · JD/MA Candidate, AU Wash. College of Law
This is actually rather absurd and, sadly (no pun intended), a sign of the times. Bad things happen in the world and, without mentioning the idea of doing something about it, the response is to set up an alternate reality where it doesn't exist. 🙄
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Marco Graf
@marcograf · Founder, travel enthusiast
@andym_dc you are right, but I suppose it's a good idea to get away from it sometimes.. for your own psychological well-being. ;) In social media you get overwhelmed with bad news.
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Sergio Angeles
@sergio_r_angeles · CoFounder & Pres of Longmont Observer.
@andym_dc I completely agree. This is just further fuels your own social media bubble
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Tom Goldsmith
@tomthought · Software Developer
@andym_dc Hey there! This is the biggest argument folks make against the tool. I don't agree that it's that absurd. This won't block everything bad from happening in your life, it is simply meant to give some relief from what, for some people, has turned into a constant barrage of negativity while browsing.
I've tried to outline some of my thoughts here: https://tomthought.github.io/web...
Thanks for the comment!
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Adham Badr
@adhambad
@andym_dc a very valid point its a neat tool yet probably the first tool on PH i secretly wish it doesn't reach mass adoption for exactly that.
However reading the Maker's blog post, a sentence alerted me "going to bed depressed .." to the fact that apathy probably comes in all sizes & variances, and this tool is probably crucially needed to people whom the mass & sheer magintude of the news troubles them on a level i may never experience.
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Andrew Mutavdzija
@andym_dc · JD/MA Candidate, AU Wash. College of Law
@marcograf @tomthought @marcograf I don't disagree with the counterpoints here and certainly feel for folks who may be predisposed to anxiety and the like. Perhaps my comment was a little broad inasmuch as it did not take those folks into account. However, as evidenced by a commenter below who said "does it turn off politics?", a large chunk of the user base of any tool like this is going to be non-oppressed people like me (ie, straight white dude) who have the privilege of turning off certain ugly aspects of the world. Keeping our eyes wide open to these events (staying 'woke,' if you will) isn't going to solve every problem, but it will go much further in ridding the world of all the "sad" news than simply blocking the medium with which that news can reach us ever will. Cc: @adhambad
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Kieran
@_kjakm · Software Developer
@andym_dc 20 years ago you heard about sad things from friends/family or twice a day from newspapers/TV news. Now you get bombarded with round-the-clock updates on all the terrible things. A lot fo the time they aren't as bad as they are first made out after they've been fully investigated too. My first reaction was the same as yours but when I thought of it in the above context I came around to the idea.
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