“There's a reason that teenagers in particular are prone to the feverish pursuit of valuation via social media. Prinstein says it's because the wide variety of regions in the brain that seek and deliver social rewards, including the part of the striatum called the nucleus accumbens, become supercharg…”— Rebecca Webber, psychologytoday.com
“Social media is like kerosene poured on the flame of social comparison, dramatically increasing the information about people that we're exposed to and forcing our minds to assess.”— Rebecca Webber, psychologytoday.com
“People are most likely to share peak experiences and flattering news about themselves—what University of Houston psychologist Mai-Ly Nguyen Steers calls "everyone else's highlights reel"—and tech companies, furthermore, use algorithms to prioritize that very information in social media feeds. The na…”— Rebecca Webber, psychologytoday.com
“I found that I was also happier. I was no longer surrounded by these perfectly curated Instagram photos, I wasn't seeing the highlights of everyone's life and comparing it to my behind the scenes.”— Justin Deol, youtube.com
“I learned that social media gives rise to fake relationships. I felt that I shed a lot of superficial relationships when I quit.”— Justin Deol, youtube.com
“I could learn more deeply and create more. During this time I began to read more books, produce music and write articles. I wanted to learn more deeply and create more. Quitting social media provided me with a distraction-free environment to these things.”— Justin Deol, youtube.com
“Social media was designed to be addictive. The creators of Facebook, Instagram and Twitter want you to stay on their apps as long as possible. They pour millions of dollars into researching what humans find addictive and how they can better craft their apps to get you to stay on them and use them as…”— Justin Deol, youtube.com
“I’ll throw you in a vine and make you famous and shit. This, and other exchanges about favor-based social economies, exemplify how much social capital has replaced liquid assets for millennials. There isn’t much cash between us, but maybe we’ll get friendly with the right celebrity online who’ll thr…”— Ayesha Siddiqi, thenewinquiry.com