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/the social dilemma_ of an Engineer 💻

Sarthak Sharma on October 09, 2020

No, I did not steal the title from Jeff Orlowski; I borrowed it. Having watched Netflix's The Social Dilemma recently, I certainly gained a fresh...
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Amal Joy

Watched this documentary film yesterday. And I'm glad that I'm not using Facebook for the past 3 years. I'm inspired by the message of this film. We as a developer, must educate people about this. During this pandemic period, I've changed my habit of using social medias and honestly, my daily mobile usage is less than 30 mins. Instead of scrolling through social media apps, I learn new courses, read articles about UI/UX design, which I'm working on right now. I've more time to spend with my family, friends, studies & work. Yes, quitting social media is definitely achievable and it'll make a big difference in our life.

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Sarthak Sharma

And I can vouche that you are productive indeed. 😅

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Amal Joy

💯

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Manas P

Yeah you are right 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
Im also following the same thing (But I use Instagram)

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Sarthak Sharma

I was actually thinking about writing how to use social media mindfully may be you can use that. 🙂

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Tanvir Shaikh

Guess that will be helpful , i use insnagram mostly for UI/UX, creative photo,video editings n follows all tech stuff , then i use those concepts n ideas for my work.
I feels like I'm using it as productive way, but do i really ?i have a doubt .
can you help .

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vignesh865

Already AI got you. Watched yesterday, seeing this dev post today on fb. The social dilemma.

Same case for me too

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Ana

It is very interesting. Developers should disconnect from devices from time to time.
Furthermore, it is a good idea for device detox, include other activities like make art and craft or play an instrument.

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Sarthak Sharma

Or meditation 🧘🏻‍♂️ 😅

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Juan F Gonzalez

@sarthology Like the saying goes, "Great minds think alike". I made a post about doing "Digital Detox" as well

I also started slowly getting out of the Strong Grip that Facebook had on me. Started in 2018 in the first months and by the second semester, I only checked it a few times a month.

Got called a hermit for not using Fb or Ig but for me it was bliss. I, as well, only use Twitter and LinkedIn as social media platforms and not for personal purposes.

Let me know if you'd like to have new ideas for that series in your new blog, would be happy to help. 😄

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Sarthak Sharma

Woahh !! We are actually looking for great authors like you to help world be a better place. 😊
Dm me on @sarthology

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Endie • Edited

While I definitely sympathise with the message of this blog, I wish that the author hadn't compensated for his lack of social media engagement by embedding frustrating, unpausible distractions throughout the article in the form of Buzzfeed-style gifs. Nobody making a serious point should think that listicle-with-gifs improves their message. They just made me turn on my ad-blocker - probably not any website's desired outcome - and block the images.

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devwhoruns

I created 2 accounts on FB. Logged out of one of them almost 4 years ago and kept the other one only for groups. Life becomes better without FB and Insta for sure. Now only on twitter and in like you but thinking of only keeping one after 2021.

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Sarthak Sharma

😊

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