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For the coming month I am experimenting with continuing to make new videos, but not sharing them on Facebook or other social media. In this video I explain how Facebook and other social media sites and apps are designed to keep people on the site or app so the company profits more, and how often, when I share material there, far more dialogue is generated on their site than on my channel itself, and in many cases, far more people get involved than people actually watch my video coming from the place where I shared it.
I think Facebook in particular contributes to mental illness, including depression, and problems with anger, polarization, and disrespectful dialogue. These things are in conflict with the goals and values of my KZbin channel, which are to promote healthy thinking and better mental health, positive thinking, and respectful dialogue.
I encourage people to apply this knowledge to your behavior and choices when using social media. When your friends share material, please (a) actually read the article or watch the video and do not comment or engage with the post if you haven't done so or don't at least definitively plan on doing so (b) if there is an on-page or on-site comment system, comment on the website hosting the material itself, not on Facebook, because by commenting on Facebook instead you are both enriching Facebook and creating an incentive to keep other people on Facebook longer.