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Mashable

Mashable

I stopped doomscrolling after the election. You should too.

Mashable
Summary
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59% Informative

John Sutter says it's time to quit social media after the 2024 U.S. presidential election.

Sutter: Social media doomscrolling is paralyzing, and it's the opposite of being politically effective.

He says it can leave you sad as hell, not to mention frazzled and sick and you shouldn't take it anymore.

To quote the title of an excellent 2024 nonfiction book on the subject of psychological warfare: Stories are Weapons.

With a little tweaking, the fictional newsman's rant — which helped yield our 21st century world — can lead us to a better one: I don't have to tell you things are bad. There's nobody anywhere who seems to know what to do.

VR Score

50

Informative language

41

Neutral language

34

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

37

Offensive language

offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

detected

Time-value

short-lived

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