Why I’m off Twitter right now:<\/p>\n
\nIn strict terms of self-motivation, posting something and getting a good reception feels good. But most of Facebook use is watching other people post about their own accomplishments and good times. For a social network of 300 friends with an even distribution of auspicious life events, you are seeing 300 times as many good things happen to others as happen to you (of course, everyone has the same amount of good luck, but in bulk for the consumer, it doesn’t feel that way). If you were happy before looking at Facebook, or even after posting your own good news, you’re not now.<\/p>\n
\nHow we ruin social networks, Facebook specifically, by Casey Johnston on Ars Technica<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nWhy I’m blogging more right now:<\/p>\n
\nThe antidote I\u2019ve found for this is to write for only two people. First, write for yourself, both your present self whose thinking will be clarified by distilling an idea through writing and editing, and your future self who will be able to look back on these words and be reminded of the context in which they were written.<\/p>\n