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Heavy social media use compared to cooking your brain

Original: One of the basic problems of spending too much time on social media is that you are cooking your brain by reading posts

Commentators are warning that spending too much time on social media effectively 'cooks your brain', particularly when the feed is filled with attention-seeking content. The warning targets users of the platform formerly known as Twitter for whom it is a main source of contact with the world, framing doomscrolling as a genuine cognitive and mental health hazard.

Why now: Renewed concern over the mental health effects of doomscrolling and toxic content on platforms like X.

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• One of the basic problems of spending too much time on social media is that you are cooking your brain by reading posts from a pack of attention-seeking lunatics. If your social media of choice is the site formerly known as Twitter, and it is your main source of contact with… · verge@www.urbanmind.net · 9

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