People who
have depression seek comfort by turning to the internet and their social
groups, yet the internet itself is causing depression in people.
Taking an
action and encountering an instant reward will make someone compulsively pursue
that same action.
The day I
took a social media Sabbath was the day I realized I was hooked. In late
December last year, I began several accounts on Instagram. Prior to this, I had my personal account which I did not
interact with on a regular basis.
I wasn’t
much of a social media guy, in fact, I
had a presumption that social media was a negative experience.
Around
Christmas of last year headline
entrepreneurial news, such as Entrepreneur, Fast company, Tech Crunch, Business
Insider and other prominent news agencies were featuring articles about various
Instagram accounts that were attracting massive popularity.
This sparked
an idea to initiate an account of my own. I had a plan to grow to as many
followers as possible than promote either my friend’s brands or other people
who were willing to pay me, or perhaps even my own retail products of which I
had not developed yet.
I had a big
dream, and I wanted to achieve it fast. I wanted to hack my way into gaining a
mass number of followers.
So I began.
“For an infrequent action to become a habit,
the user must perceive a high degree of utility, either from gaining pleasure
or avoiding pain.” Nir Eyal
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