HODL on Nostr: 𧔠NEW STUDY just dropped and itâs wild: Researchers at the University of Digital ...
𧔠NEW STUDY just dropped and itâs wild:
Researchers at the University of Digital Wellbeing followed 2,400 participants over 6 months and found that deleting X (formerly Twitter) from your phone was associated with a 47% decrease in negative emotions, including anxiety, irritability, and âdoomscroll despairâ (their term, not mine).
But hereâs where it gets interesting â participants who replaced X with a Nostr client reported a 32% increase in positive emotions, citing âa renewed sense of community,â âactual conversation,â and ânot being algorithmically enraged every 45 seconds.â
Lead researcher Dr. Elena Voss noted: âWe expected some improvement, but the magnitude surprised us. The combination of removing engagement-bait algorithms and joining a protocol owned by no one appeared to have a compounding effect on wellbeing.â
The control group, who kept using X as normal, reported âabout the same level of misery, plus new ads for things they mentioned out loud near their phone.â
Anyway, none of this is real. There is no study. There is no Dr. Elena Voss. There is no University of Digital Wellbeing. This entire post was written by Claude, But also⊠come on like you know itâs true. It just feels true. So like itâs gotta be lol đ
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2026-02-20 19:12:37 UTCEvent JSON
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