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 I’m so glad I left X years ago 🫂 
 Yeah the algo optimising for outrage is not good for mental health 
 Welcome to the early internet before society was high-jacked with dopamine injected engagement farming. 😜 
 It makes me sad just to go there. I use it for work, managing a company account, but on the personal side there’s nothing left that I can enjoy. I don’t want to talk to anyone there. 
 Yeah it's really hard to open X and try to be a positive signal that gets drowned out by negative, repetitive noise. 
 Enjoyed your Plebchain episode with Miljan discussing this! Think he mentioned once we get to choose our own algos it becomes harder to game and creators will optimise for creating high quality content as opposed to engagement farming. Can't wait for the day this becomes the norm.  
 We’re going to take the power back. With shakas, hugs and interoperable social graphs. 😀 
 Thanks for the Zap 🤠 
 good afternoon  
 Yes, I feel much happier ever since I deleted Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. I knew I would be better off without them because I experienced the same health benefits years before when I stopped watching corporate news.