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Election overload? Here are some tips to quiet the noise on your social feeds
View Date:2024-12-23 14:09:24
While the election may be over, reactions and discussions on politics may still be taking over your social media feed. That sometimes can be a little overwhelming and intense, especially if you’re just looking for an escape. It’s OK to need a break.
Even on a regular day outside election season, you may want to clean up your virtual world.
Here are some quick and easy ways to effectively make your Facebook, X and Instagram feeds less chaotic, and hopefully a bit more sustainable for your mental health.
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Take a temporary break with mute
Instead of unfollowing people permanently and dealing with the possible drama that might come with that, you can just take a break from seeing their content temporarily. Then, when you’re ready, it’s also easy to add it back into your feed.
On Instagram:
- Go to the account that you’re wishing to mute.
- Click following, then mute
- Choose which things you’d like to mute (posts, stories, notes, Reels, etc.)
- You’ll know you’ve successfully muted the account when you see the toggle next to the option move to the right.
- When you’re ready, follow these steps to unmute the account at a later date.
On X (formerly known as Twitter):
- Go to the profile of the person you are wishing to mute
- Select the three dots at the top right of the profile
- Select mute
- Select “yes, I’m sure," if prompted
On Facebook, don’t be afraid to hit “snooze”
Facebook now offers a 30-day snooze option right in your newsfeed. So if you’re tiring of a certain account, you can take a temporary break.
- In your news feed, on any of the posts from the person you’d like to snooze, hit the three dots.
- Click “snooze for 30 days”
- This gives you a month break from the person and their content. After that time, they will be automatically “un-snoozed,” and you can decide whether to snooze them again or invite them back into your feed.
Unfollow/Block
All social networks have the option to block or completely unfollow someone. Here’s how:
- Go to the desired profile
- Click following
- Click unfollow
- If you want to block: click the three dots ont he profile and select block.
But, know that blocking means different things on different platforms. For some, it means the blocked person can't see any content you post or engage with you. But for others, like X, while a blocked person cannot engage with your content, they can still see what you post.
Remember to find your corner of happiness
In addition to following the news and your friends and family, make sure that you have some accounts in your feeds that are just for pure joy. Maybe it’s an influencer, a baking lizard, a fascinating lobster fisherman or a subreddit dedicated to corgis. Mixing this content into your feed can help remind you to breathe (and even smile) when you otherwise may be caught in a doom scroll.
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