The addictive and dangerous effect of platforms likeTikTok, Facebook, and Instagram is pretty evident these days. And when it comes to social media, we are all definitely the product. It's a modern-day proverb: “If you’re not paying for the product, then you are the product." Even if you didn't see The Social Dilemma, you've likely heard this aphorism first spoken by Tristan Harris, a former Google employee and co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology.
Grams had inadvertently peeked behind the curtain of the social media machine and discovered its true cost: time. You start to realize how much time there actually is in the day when your face isn’t glued to your screen." "I did feel a bit empty and bored a week in. The instant relief brought on by the absence of notifications constantly bombarding her was powerful. Then in December 2021, she switched from her iPhone to a "dumb" Nokia phone.
"After hours of scrolling, I’d look down at my dogs and feel terrible for choosing my phone over them." "The thought of my life quickly passing by while my face was constantly fixated on whatever mindless videos I was watching was a grim, uncomfortable thought," she says. As someone with ADHD, her smartphone was a huge distraction that took away from activities she enjoyed like reading, her mental energy too depleted to finish a book.
No amount of likes or popularity was worth the endless barrage of criticism left by internet trolls."ĭespite noticing how social media negatively impacted her mental health, Grams felt trapped in an endless cycle of FOMO and misery. The atmosphere on TikTok "had become too toxic and negative. It was the second winter of the pandemic when Alexis Grams, 28, a project manager from Minnesota, decided to make a drastic change. Life > Health & Wellness > Mental Health
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