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Social media marketing
fromSilicon Canals
4 days agoPsychology says people who never post on social media but check it every day aren't passive - they opted out of the performance while keeping the window, and keeping the window without paying the price is the most rational position available and the one the platform was specifically designed to make feel antisocial - Silicon Canals
Silent scrollers on social media actively choose to observe rather than post, demonstrating discipline and self-control contrary to common perceptions.
Social media marketing
fromSilicon Canals
4 days agoPsychology says people who never post on social media but check it every day aren't passive - they opted out of the performance while keeping the window, and keeping the window without paying the price is the most rational position available and the one the platform was specifically designed to make feel antisocial - Silicon Canals
Silent scrollers on social media actively choose to observe rather than post, demonstrating discipline and self-control contrary to common perceptions.
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Marketing tech
fromAol
17 hours ago3 ways PR teams can understand how AI sees their brand
AI is reshaping brand perception, requiring PR teams to understand AI-generated narratives for effective communication strategies.
Wearables
fromSilicon Canals
5 days agoPsychology says the people who still wear a wristwatch in a world of smartphones aren't behind - they have a specific relationship with time and intention that most people quietly abandoned without realizing what they gave up - Silicon Canals
Wearing a watch reflects a conscious decision about one's relationship with time, transforming from a necessity to a personal statement.
Social media marketing
fromwww.theguardian.com
19 hours agoSocial media was once a great global conversation. Now it's just individuals locked into their own private worlds | Tom Whyman
Twitter once felt like a global conversation platform that shaped personal relationships and values, but usage has significantly declined over time.
Retirement
fromSilicon Canals
6 days agoThe emptiness many people feel after 70 isn't the absence of purpose - it's the absence of an audience, and those are completely different problems with completely different solutions - Silicon Canals
Retirement often leads to a loss of audience, not purpose, causing feelings of uselessness among retirees.
fromwww.theguardian.com
17 hours agoHate small talk? You may enjoy that dull' chat more than you think, say researchers
Paulo Coelho's assertion that he can endure defeats and pain but cannot tolerate boredom underscores a common human aversion to dull experiences. However, research indicates that avoiding seemingly tedious conversations can lead to missing out on significant mood boosts and health benefits derived from social connections.
Psychology
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
6 days agoPsychology says people who intentionally limit their social media use aren't more disciplined than everyone else - they became more honest about what the unlimited version was replacing, which was the interior life, the undirected thought, the boredom that produces things, and once they understood what was being replaced they didn't need discipline, they needed only the honesty to stop - Silicon Canals
Boredom can lead to meaningful engagement and creativity, rather than being a sign of lack of activity.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
4 days agoMost people don't realize that the spotlight effect - the documented tendency to believe others are watching and judging us far more than they are - quietly steals decades of joy from people who never knew it had a name - Silicon Canals
The spotlight effect leads individuals to overestimate how much attention others pay to their perceived flaws.
fromThe Atlantic
1 week agoHow Some People Became So Averse to Hype
Anna Holmes defines 'hype aversion' as a reflex against being told what to like, suggesting that popularity can create pressure rather than signal quality. This feeling can lead to a deliberate choice to resist mainstream culture.
Media industry
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
5 days agoNot everyone who keeps a small social circle is protecting their energy. Some of them built a wide one once, watched it reveal exactly how many people would show up during an actual emergency, and quietly restructured around the answer - Silicon Canals
Small social circles often result from past crises that reveal true friendships, rather than a preference for fewer connections.
Mental health
fromwww.dw.com
3 weeks agoSocial media makes people unhappy World Happiness Report
Life satisfaction among those under 25 in English-speaking countries has declined sharply over the past decade, with heavy social media use identified as a key factor, while Finland ranks as the world's happiest country for the ninth consecutive year.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
6 days agoPsychology says the moment a person stops needing to be right in every conversation is not the moment they become less intelligent - it is the moment they become more interested in the other person than in their own position, and that shift, whenever it arrives and for whatever reason, is the single most reliable predictor of whether the relationships they build from that point forward will be the kind that last - Silicon Canals
Building lasting connections relies on listening deeply and understanding rather than winning arguments.
Marketing tech
fromPR Daily
1 month agoTurning sentiment into a strategy - PR Daily
PR teams must move beyond basic positive/negative sentiment analysis to track deeper emotions like joy, anger, fear, and trust, which directly predict business outcomes including purchase intent, customer churn, and crisis velocity.
Philosophy
fromApaonline
2 months agoRecently Published Book Spotlight: The Rise of Polarization: Affects, Politics, and Philosophy
Prevailing accounts of affective polarization misdiagnose the phenomenon by focusing on survey patterns instead of the underlying narrative and affective practices that shape political life.
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