How To Make Social Media Great Again

If you have 30 minutes, you have everything necessary to enjoy social media

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Pew Research reports two-thirds of American’s think social media harms the country. There are many similar studies, all pointing to social media destroying our lives.

Social media is not inherently good or bad; it’s a tool. Like a simple hammer, Twitter or Instagram bend to the will of the user. Sure, the networks are filled with fake users and bots. But, like every tool, we have the power to wield social media based on our desires.

Here are three easy steps to make social media great again. Or, at the very least, not suck. Take 30 minutes to follow these steps, and you’re on your way to a more enjoyable social media experience.

Step 1: Turn Off Notifications

Jerry Seinfeld’s latest book, Is This Anything?, includes standup jokes from his forty-year career. Despite being written in the 80s about answering machines, Seinfeld has a joke that is 100% relevant to our social-media-obsessed culture:

It’s very important for human beings to feel that they are popular and well-liked amongst a large group of people that they have no interest in.