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[–] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I greatly reduced how much news I consume per day and it's done wonders for my mental health.

I chose 2 sources of news that I trust and then I block news everywhere else in my life. Every morning I read the news from the two sources I picked and that is all the news I will consume for the day.

If I notice that I am consuming news elsewhere I will block/ignore/hide that source.

As an example, if I notice a community here post too much news I will just block it. I use Discord, so if one of the servers I'm in has any political or news channels I will mute them, etc etc.

Doing this, I find that the news I read is more relevant to me because the sources I chose are local news networks. In addition, because I am not getting news from social media, the news I read is much less sensationalized.

It makes the news that I read boring and I think that is a good thing.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago

    As I have to go back to the office I am reading a book now in the bus. I also try to avoid news but sometimes, it is a bit hard as I am not aware if something has changed. It happened to me. For example: the price of the bus ticket went up. I just discovered it when I got in.... :( So, I filter.

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