alt Hacker NewsOne problem for me about leaving social media is that it limits my chances of getting updates about jobs, and if I start a business, social media is a good way of promoting the business.
I wish I was in a financial position where I didn't have to bother about this.
I've been limiting my use of social media (aside Reddit and HN) for almost two weeks now and I've been reading books and doing other things with my time rather than consuming content that isn't beneficial to me.
Check out the Wikipedia article - The Shallows
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The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains. The book claims research shows "online reading" yields lower comprehension than reading a printed page. The Shallows was a finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction.
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> if I start a business, social media is a good way of promoting the business.
I've had the thought that if I were to start a business, social media manager (or a comparable outsourced gig) would be one of my first hires.
Like I'd far rather deal with tax minutia and skip on hiring an accountant in favour of being able to outsource social media use.