sometimes i feel like i'm going to have to stop using twitter until well after the election... bluesky hasn't been as bad yet but the run-up to these things is always so unbelievably stressful and it's not as if any of it's really in my own control. i don't know if we were meant to bear all of this

i think it's important not to turn away from things that matter, but at what point are you just creating a feedback loop of stress -- one you're externalizing since social media is, you know, social

Ditching twitter in general is a very good idea for mental health, election or nah.

I've worked really hard recently to just not post about it just because I know at the end of the day, Im not the guy who's going to change anyones mind, and all Id do is put more stress on people who already agree with me anyways.

i think i’m on bsky for the long haul now. they’re essentially removing blocking on twitter soon, so i won’t even be able to clean the nazis off my feed anymore..

Frankly no, we were not meant to bear all of this. The 24 hour news cycle created by social media was never anything humans could bear, esp people who are easily stressed. I am still hopeful and all but yeah for the sake of mental health its worth just putting it out of mind for as long as possible