We already knew it was bad, that's why we left.
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I didn't abandon it when I should have. I made an account here instantly, but even though I never use the app... I didn't use this site much because it didn't have an app.
All of this waking people up, staying abreast of the times...why we come to these types of apps or sites....its all nonsense, is really just being asleep. Participating in anonymous debate and gather curated knowledge is simply an addictive time passer, a distraction from real life. An effective time wasting human weakener. That's all any of these site are, most of the internet is a waste of data, like porn or entertainment, used for wasting time and sucking life. Eliminating real community isolates and weakens the population, priming them for economic slavery.
I left Reddit abruptly, with hundred of dollars worth of Reddit gold, never went back. It will work the same with this site one day. But I think it will be over for any screen by then, for me. Maybe a movie here or there, and a Nokia brick for texting, old school. I dream big. We have to just throw the money wrench into the machine and wait, life will change quickly.
That's how I left ATS. It's so empty after the strike calling it a limited hangout. Even GLP only gets busy when it gets a shout out. Truth isn't an aggregation. It's only what you follow.
Reddit had more to keep my attention. Other people sharing what caught their attention. My preference is to have a longer attention span than articles, and read books.
Yes, books. I hardly know what's going online for the past couple years now. After Jan 6, I went deeper and deeper into this world, and find that the internet and all screens are just a tool that helps distract us from life.
Books are needed when you need to learn. When I first broke my online addiction (abandoned all social media, news, games, shows) I clung to audio books. Half/half fiction and non-fiction. For example I forgot more about brewing than most people will ever know. But also every topic you see people argue about here are understood by reading books, not bitching in comments and sharing links. Like fake nukes, or pseudo science of atoms, or virology, paleontology, geology, etc. etc. the world is full of fake history and science, but also there are many book that can easily navigate us away from these deceptions