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Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #digitalwellbeing, aggregated by home.social.

  1. RECAP/RECORDING - Chronically Online | A Workshop on Digital Fatigue & Burnout isoclive.substack.com/p/isocmu

    Digital fatigue, doomscrolling, "fake rest" & what it means to pause and recharge — a workshop with Your Space.

    #DigitalWellbeing #DigitalFatigue #Burnout #MentalHealth #isocmumbai

  2. RECAP/RECORDING - Chronically Online | A Workshop on Digital Fatigue & Burnout isoclive.substack.com/p/isocmu

    Digital fatigue, doomscrolling, "fake rest" & what it means to pause and recharge — a workshop with Your Space.

    #DigitalWellbeing #DigitalFatigue #Burnout #MentalHealth #isocmumbai

  3. Oh joy, it's 2026 and the techno-saviors have decreed that swapping your phone's OS will magically thwart domestic abuse. 🙄 Because we all know the true villain in DV is clearly the operating system, not the abuser. 📱🔧
    privacypros.com.au/privacy-hub #domesticviolence #technologysolutions #victimblaming #digitalwellbeing #OSswapping #HackerNews #ngated

  4. Oh joy, it's 2026 and the techno-saviors have decreed that swapping your phone's OS will magically thwart domestic abuse. 🙄 Because we all know the true villain in DV is clearly the operating system, not the abuser. 📱🔧
    privacypros.com.au/privacy-hub #domesticviolence #technologysolutions #victimblaming #digitalwellbeing #OSswapping #HackerNews #ngated

  5. 30 years of internet research turns up a mixed bag: better problem-solving, more creative thinking, but reduced focus and less critical thinking (we're more likely to accept what we're told without questioning it).

    I wrote about what this means now that AI is doing something similar, only faster.

    ctnet.co.uk/ai-information-ove

    #PKM #AI #Cognition #KnowledgeManagement #DigitalWellbeing

  6. 30 years of internet research turns up a mixed bag: better problem-solving, more creative thinking, but reduced focus and less critical thinking (we're more likely to accept what we're told without questioning it).

    I wrote about what this means now that AI is doing something similar, only faster.

    ctnet.co.uk/ai-information-ove

  7. 'Love without trust is the definition of an abusive relationship.'

    That resonat with me—and it might explain why I stopped using smartphones.

    I couldn’t pinpoint exactly why they made me feel uneasy, but I think I understand now. Years ago, I carried a work phone in a corporate environment where it had to be always on. The constant external pressure was exhausting. When I finally abandoned mobile phones altogether, I felt relieved. But comparing smartphones to abusive relationships crystallized something I’d been struggling to articulate: the erosion of autonomy, the constant surveillance, the feeling of being controlled.

    Phones are addictive, creepy, and surprisingly political. Thanks to @pluralistic, I came across a brilliant feminist analysis by @mariafarrell that connected surveillance capitalism to gendered power dynamics—showing how these systems target and manipulate users in ways similar to how patriarchy itself operates. It’s a reminder that feminism offers practical insight into broader societal problems, but it can be extremely illuminating when applied to technology—and one day, maybe even help us build tech we can actually trust.

    conversationalist.org/2019/09/ It’s worth reading.

    #TechAbuse #DigitalRights #FeministAnalysis #SurveillanceCapitalism #DigitalAutonomy #TechAndGend #FeministTech #DigitalWellbeing

  8. 'Love without trust is the definition of an abusive relationship.'

    That resonat with me—and it might explain why I stopped using smartphones.

    I couldn’t pinpoint exactly why they made me feel uneasy, but I think I understand now. Years ago, I carried a work phone in a corporate environment where it had to be always on. The constant external pressure was exhausting. When I finally abandoned mobile phones altogether, I felt relieved. But comparing smartphones to abusive relationships crystallized something I’d been struggling to articulate: the erosion of autonomy, the constant surveillance, the feeling of being controlled.

    Phones are addictive, creepy, and surprisingly political. Thanks to @pluralistic, I came across a brilliant feminist analysis by @mariafarrell that connected surveillance capitalism to gendered power dynamics—showing how these systems target and manipulate users in ways similar to how patriarchy itself operates. It’s a reminder that feminism offers practical insight into broader societal problems, but it can be extremely illuminating when applied to technology—and one day, maybe even help us build tech we can actually trust.

    conversationalist.org/2019/09/ It’s worth reading.

    #TechAbuse #DigitalRights #FeministAnalysis #SurveillanceCapitalism #DigitalAutonomy #TechAndGend #FeministTech #DigitalWellbeing

  9. 'Love without trust is the definition of an abusive relationship.'

    That resonat with me—and it might explain why I stopped using smartphones.

    I couldn’t pinpoint exactly why they made me feel uneasy, but I think I understand now. Years ago, I carried a work phone in a corporate environment where it had to be always on. The constant external pressure was exhausting. When I finally abandoned mobile phones altogether, I felt relieved. But comparing smartphones to abusive relationships crystallized something I’d been struggling to articulate: the erosion of autonomy, the constant surveillance, the feeling of being controlled.

    Phones are addictive, creepy, and surprisingly political. Thanks to @pluralistic, I came across a brilliant feminist analysis by @mariafarrell that connected surveillance capitalism to gendered power dynamics—showing how these systems target and manipulate users in ways similar to how patriarchy itself operates. It’s a reminder that feminism offers practical insight into broader societal problems, but it can be extremely illuminating when applied to technology—and one day, maybe even help us build tech we can actually trust.

    conversationalist.org/2019/09/ It’s worth reading.

    #TechAbuse #DigitalRights #FeministAnalysis #SurveillanceCapitalism #DigitalAutonomy #TechAndGend #FeministTech #DigitalWellbeing

  10. 'Love without trust is the definition of an abusive relationship.'

    That resonat with me—and it might explain why I stopped using smartphones.

    I couldn’t pinpoint exactly why they made me feel uneasy, but I think I understand now. Years ago, I carried a work phone in a corporate environment where it had to be always on. The constant external pressure was exhausting. When I finally abandoned mobile phones altogether, I felt relieved. But comparing smartphones to abusive relationships crystallized something I’d been struggling to articulate: the erosion of autonomy, the constant surveillance, the feeling of being controlled.

    Phones are addictive, creepy, and surprisingly political. Thanks to @pluralistic, I came across a brilliant feminist analysis by @mariafarrell that connected surveillance capitalism to gendered power dynamics—showing how these systems target and manipulate users in ways similar to how patriarchy itself operates. It’s a reminder that feminism offers practical insight into broader societal problems, but it can be extremely illuminating when applied to technology—and one day, maybe even help us build tech we can actually trust.

    conversationalist.org/2019/09/ It’s worth reading.

    #TechAbuse #DigitalRights #FeministAnalysis #SurveillanceCapitalism #DigitalAutonomy #TechAndGend #FeministTech #DigitalWellbeing

  11. 'Love without trust is the definition of an abusive relationship.'

    That resonat with me—and it might explain why I stopped using smartphones.

    I couldn’t pinpoint exactly why they made me feel uneasy, but I think I understand now. Years ago, I carried a work phone in a corporate environment where it had to be always on. The constant external pressure was exhausting. When I finally abandoned mobile phones altogether, I felt relieved. But comparing smartphones to abusive relationships crystallized something I’d been struggling to articulate: the erosion of autonomy, the constant surveillance, the feeling of being controlled.

    Phones are addictive, creepy, and surprisingly political. Thanks to @pluralistic, I came across a brilliant feminist analysis by @mariafarrell that connected surveillance capitalism to gendered power dynamics—showing how these systems target and manipulate users in ways similar to how patriarchy itself operates. It’s a reminder that feminism offers practical insight into broader societal problems, but it can be extremely illuminating when applied to technology—and one day, maybe even help us build tech we can actually trust.

    conversationalist.org/2019/09/ It’s worth reading.

    #TechAbuse #DigitalRights #FeministAnalysis #SurveillanceCapitalism #DigitalAutonomy #TechAndGend #FeministTech #DigitalWellbeing

  12. DATE: May 19, 2026 at 04:00PM
    SOURCE: PSYPOST.ORG

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    TITLE: More than 6% of young adults suffer from Internet Gaming Disorder, global study reveals

    URL: psypost.org/more-than-6-of-you

    A meta-analysis of studies on Internet Gaming Disorder found that this condition is, on average, present in 6.1% of young adults. The prevalence was higher in gamer-only samples (8.1%) compared to samples that included both gamers and non-gamers. The paper was published in Addictive Behaviors.

    Internet Gaming Disorder is a pattern of excessive or poorly controlled video game playing that causes significant problems in a person’s life. It involves more than simply enjoying games or playing them often. A person with this disorder thinks about gaming constantly, feels restless or irritable when unable to play, and experiences a need to spend more and more time gaming to feel satisfied.

    They may try to reduce gaming but repeatedly fail. As the disorder progresses, gaming slowly begins to replace school, work, sleep, exercise, hobbies, or relationships. Some people continue gaming even after it causes serious conflicts, poor performance, or emotional distress. Internet Gaming Disorder is especially concerning when gaming becomes a way to escape problems while simultaneously creating even bigger problems in daily life. The key issue in diagnosis is the loss of control and the harm that gaming leads to, rather than the raw number of hours a person spends gaming.

    Study author Júlia Gisbert-Perez and her colleagues note that different studies tend to report varying prevalences of Internet Gaming Disorder among young adults, a demographic group highly vulnerable to this disorder due to the stress of transitioning to independence. With this in mind, they conducted a meta-analytic study aiming to integrate the findings of previous research to establish just how frequent this disorder is among individuals in this demographic.

    The study authors searched the scientific research databases Web of Science (Core Collection), Scopus, and PsychInfo. They used search terms including “internet gaming disorder,” “online games addiction,” “problematic gaming behav*,” “pathologic video game use,” or “digital game addiction,” along with terms like “emerg* adult*,” “young adult*,” “university,” “college,” or “youth.” They looked for studies that reported a prevalence figure for Internet Gaming Disorder, comprised a sample of participants between 18 and 35 years of age, provided original empirical data, and were published in English or Spanish.

    The search initially resulted in 1,411 publications. After screening and detailed inspection, they found 93 studies that met their criteria. Taken together, these studies included 149,601 participants. Their average age was 23-24 years old, and 51% of them were women.

    The meta-analytic integration of the results from these studies showed that the pooled prevalence of Internet Gaming Disorder among young adults was 6.1%. Prevalence was higher in samples that consisted solely of gamers (8.1%), while it was 5.47% in mixed samples that included both gamers and non-gamers.

    Further analyses revealed that the reported prevalence heavily depended on the specific diagnostic instrument used to assess the symptoms. Furthermore, prevalence rates tended to be artificially higher in studies with smaller sample sizes or those deemed to have a “high risk of bias.” Prevalence also might have been lower in samples containing more female participants, but the difference was not quite strong enough to pass the needed statistical thresholds.

    Interestingly, when looking exclusively at the “gamer-only” samples, the researchers found that the prevalence of the disorder has been steadily increasing in recent years. The authors suggest this could be driven by the rise of competitive gaming platforms or the incorporation of predatory microtransactions and “loot boxes” in contemporary video games.

    “These findings indicate that IGD [Internet Gaming Disorder] is more prevalent among young adults than in the general population, especially among gamers. The variability observed across studies highlights the need for methodological consistency and the use of validated diagnostic tools to improve comparability and inform prevention and intervention strategies,” the study authors concluded.

    The study contributes to the scientific knowledge surrounding Internet Gaming Disorder. However, the study authors note that their search strategy might have missed some studies that reported age only in numerical terms, rather than using keywords like “young adults.”

    Additionally, the authors report that their statistical analyses indicated a significant asymmetry in the published prevalences. Because scientific journals tend to favor publishing “significant” or shocking findings, it is highly likely that studies finding exceptionally high rates of gaming addiction were published, while studies finding low or unremarkable rates were never published (a phenomenon known as publication bias). This bias could have artificially distorted the overall 6.1% estimate, meaning the true prevalence might be slightly lower.

    The paper, “Prevalence of Internet gaming disorder in young adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis,” was authored by Júlia Gisbert-Perez, Claudio Longobardi, Manuel Martí-Vilar, Sofia Mastrokoukou, and Laura Badenes-Ribera.

    URL: psypost.org/more-than-6-of-you

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  13. New Saturday thought is up. It's about the gap between knowing exactly how social media manipulates you and being unable to stop it working anyway. Also about the particular humiliation of being a self-aware user who still falls for it. Which, if you're reading this here, you'll probably recognise.

    ollierelfe.com/saturday-mornin

    #SocialMedia #DigitalWellbeing #Doomscrolling #BigTech #Meta #DigitalFatigue #Mindfulness #Attention #Algorithm #SaturdayMorningThought

  14. New Saturday thought is up. It's about the gap between knowing exactly how social media manipulates you and being unable to stop it working anyway. Also about the particular humiliation of being a self-aware user who still falls for it. Which, if you're reading this here, you'll probably recognise.

    ollierelfe.com/saturday-mornin

    #SocialMedia #DigitalWellbeing #Doomscrolling #BigTech #Meta #DigitalFatigue #Mindfulness #Attention #Algorithm #SaturdayMorningThought

  15. [Psychology log] So, I've detected two narcissists on TikTok now. The other one refused to acknowledge that they dislike me; the other one engaged (liking and replying) to others' comments and praises but not from me. It's important to remember that, since the information I get is very limited, I can only assume: they are controlling me to stop engaging with them. Their content always appears on my FYP.

    #narcissism #tiktok #socialmedia #onlinebehaviour #selectiveengagement #controltactics #psychology #mentalhealth #boundaries #digitalwellbeing #frustration #ignored #validation #humantech #socialdynamics #onlineinteraction #fyp #narcissist

  16. Cần triển khai khung giải pháp đa tầng để bảo vệ trẻ em trên môi trường mạng. Các chuyên gia khuyến nghị kết hợp chính sách, giáo dục nâng cao nhận thức, công nghệ và sự đồng hành để bảo vệ trẻ em và thanh thiếu niên trên không gian mạng.

    #BaoVeTreEmOnline #AnToanMang #TreEmSo #AnNinhMang #OnlineSafety #ChildProtection #InternetSafety #CyberSecurity #DigitalWellbeing #Vietnam #MangXaHoi #GiaoDucSo

    vietnamnet.vn/can-trien-khai-k

  17. 📢 Public Accountability Post

    I need to raise awareness about harmful behavior I experienced on the instance `wizard.casa`.

    A person, possibly the admin (@nimda), bullied me. Another user, likely connected to them (@ps), also engaged in bullying and tried to provoke me in ways that justified kicking me out of `wizard.casa` without any chance to defend myself, appeal, or maintain my dignity.

    This is abusive and deeply inappropriate behavior. I attempted many times to contact @nimda and @ps directly, but received no response. Their silence is not neutrality — it is refusal of ownership.

    Accountability in the Fediverse is not optional. Every admin should be held responsible for how they treat users. Cyberbullying is never okay, and moderation practices like this are unfair, unsafe, and harmful to trust in the community.

    I am making this public so others can be aware, and so that we can have an open conversation about accountability and dignity in the Fediverse.

    #Cyberbullying #Accountability #Fediverse #OnlineSafety #CommunityTrust #MentalHealth #Dignity #SpeakUp #Support #Awareness #ToxicBehavior #CommunityStandards #Respect #UserRights #DigitalWellbeing

  18. In a world where everything revolves around being online, choosing to “opt out” has quietly become a new form of privilege. Stepping away from constant connectivity — whether you’re a celebrity, consumer, or brand — sends a signal of control, wealth, and independence.
    retroworldnews.com/the-rise-of

    #DigitalDetox #UnpluggedLife #PowerMove #MindfulLiving #DisconnectToReconnect #TechFreeTime #MentalWellness #DigitalWellbeing #BalanceYourLife #OfflineIsTheNewLuxury #SelfCareRevolution #MindfulTech

  19. You’re not imagining it—life is more overwhelming than it used to be.

    Thirty years ago, we weren’t expected to be on 24/7.
    Now, everything—news, work, education, friendship—flows through endless digital networks.

    We scroll, refresh, reply, react.
    There’s no pause. No buffer. No off-switch.

    This is the Network Society.
    Power no longer moves top-down—it moves through likes, clicks, and notifications.
    Your attention is the commodity. Your nervous system is the casualty.

    We weren’t built for this.
    We evolved for rhythm, rest, and relationship—not for a life spent staring into the infinite scroll.

    If you’re feeling scattered, anxious, or emotionally fried—you’re not broken.
    You’re living in a system that rewards saturation over sanity.

    Maybe the first step is naming it.
    This isn’t just burnout. It’s digital trauma.

    #DigitalFatigue #NetworkSociety #DigitalWellbeing #MentalHealth #RestIsResistance #SlowLiving #Connectivism #InformationOverload

  20. You’re not imagining it—life is more overwhelming than it used to be.

    Thirty years ago, we weren’t expected to be on 24/7.
    Now, everything—news, work, education, friendship—flows through endless digital networks.

    We scroll, refresh, reply, react.
    There’s no pause. No buffer. No off-switch.

    This is the Network Society.
    Power no longer moves top-down—it moves through likes, clicks, and notifications.
    Your attention is the commodity. Your nervous system is the casualty.

    We weren’t built for this.
    We evolved for rhythm, rest, and relationship—not for a life spent staring into the infinite scroll.

    If you’re feeling scattered, anxious, or emotionally fried—you’re not broken.
    You’re living in a system that rewards saturation over sanity.

    Maybe the first step is naming it.
    This isn’t just burnout. It’s digital trauma.

    #DigitalFatigue #NetworkSociety #DigitalWellbeing #MentalHealth #RestIsResistance #SlowLiving #Connectivism #InformationOverload

  21. 🚀✨ Behold! A revolutionary app designed for those who crave social interaction for precisely 180 minutes a day, because clearly, humans are too weak to resist the allure of infinite scrolling outside of these sacred hours. 🙄 And why 7:39 PM, you ask? Because "seven40" was taken, obviously. 📉 #InnovationAtItsFinest
    seven39.com #Innovation #SocialInteraction #AppTech #DigitalWellbeing #UserExperience #HackerNews #ngated

  22. When I’m interviewed, I am often asked about the dangers of AI. This ad I just came across is, in my opinion, a perfect example of what’s truly dangerous about AI.

    I would love to hear the opinions of psychologists and psychiatrists on this topic. Let’s start a conversation about the impact of these technologies on mental health.

    Please comment only if you are human :)

    #AIConcerns #MentalHealth #ArtificialIntelligence #TechEthics #AICompanions #DigitalWellbeing #HealthyConnections

  23. When I’m interviewed, I am often asked about the dangers of AI. This ad I just came across is, in my opinion, a perfect example of what’s truly dangerous about AI.

    I would love to hear the opinions of psychologists and psychiatrists on this topic. Let’s start a conversation about the impact of these technologies on mental health.

    Please comment only if you are human :)

    #AIConcerns #MentalHealth #ArtificialIntelligence #TechEthics #AICompanions #DigitalWellbeing #HealthyConnections