Your Relationship With Social Media!

[@rekrap2]

Everyone talks about the amount of time that they spend on social media, but not very many people talk about the quality. That document really made me think about the quality of social media that I consume and produce. Just for the record I think your videos are pretty high quality.

[@adamrezabek9469]

​@@nazrarain1452 Depend witch videos. His MC videos are high quality (HD :) ), but about something not important. His videos on xisumasays are high quaility and about some important stuff

[@nazrarain1452]

@@adamrezabek9469 ??? I was agreeing with the original person

[@adamrezabek9469]

@@nazrarain1452 Aha. Then sorry for stupid replay. I thought u did not agree.

[@nazrarain1452]

@@adamrezabek9469It's alright. It's hard to communicate tone in writing

[@alfredfeldt5694]

I realy love listening to people talk about "deeper" stuff, it helps me understand that the world isnt just filled with stupid people who are out to bully you, i think that when we talk about such complex things it proves that there infact is a mind behind every face, and i think that plays a big part in understanding other people. I love this content, and i think its sad that x doesnt read his comments, i understand why and think its a valid excuse. I guess i just made this comment to express my feelings in the hopes of someone else stumbling upon it, in that case i would love to hear a responce from them telling me about there viewes on stuff.

[@draugnaustaunikunhymnphoo6978]

"deeper" cringe

[@alfredfeldt5694]

@@draugnaustaunikunhymnphoo6978 what im talking about is shit you wont hear in a everyday conversation

[@draugnaustaunikunhymnphoo6978]

@@alfredfeldt5694 This is stuff I talk about everyday. The word you meant to say is philosophy.

[@cleio81]

I don't post on social media if I don't have to. Don't engage at all. But i do like reading what people talk about. it's kind of like people watching in a weird way. but you are right, getting in arguments and whatnot will get me spun up tighter than a top and I lose sleep over it often.

[@draugnaustaunikunhymnphoo6978]

This comment was posted on social media.

[@Neoillia]

Its hard to argue with his assessment.

[@cleio81]

@@draugnaustaunikunhymnphoo6978 fair point. Lol

[@mathisbuilder]

I can relate so much. Every time I start arguing with someone on social medias it get me stressed and I think only about that. I am trying to stop, it's really a bad thing and a lost of time.

[@Neoillia]

I am a fighter, but i dont go and look at someones opinion on some topic like politics and just because they have an idea that has cons that are not an issue with my idea i call them an asshole or idiot, i don't do that. All opinions are valid to me until you directly deny facts and logic, i don't like people like that. I enjoy watching someone wiggle under the boot of science, desperately trying to prove their claim, and i find it hilarious when they just start ignoring what i say because it just means i won and their minds just cannot process the truth. Of course when they bring up a valid argument or some point of logic that makes total sence to be confused about, i will answer it properly, and try to respect the person more. but crushing the karens, well Its a stupid satisfaction, and some might consider it kind of pointless or even childish, but i find it a fun pastime. (By denying facts and logic i mean denying proven scientifically things, like "Earth being round, masks working, vaccines working, etc". Again possibly childish, possibly pointless, but its a nice pastime.

[@kigut7443]

ever since i stopped using social media i've become a much calmer and relaxed person, far less stressed out than before. i'm nonbinary, a lesbian, and disabled, so my identity is a whole political statement that i need to deal with online. its justified that my lgbt community is always in the middle of a political debate, since there needs to be a dicussion about us so that we can become more normal someday. its important, but being in the center of that is so toxic and once i got out and spent time with my friends, my family, people who DIDNT constantly make me feel like an alien, i got better. being online made me feel like i was wrong, even when my community was giving me love. seeing all the posts about this and that, political debates arguing for/against people like me, man. it got exhausting. i was tired of feeling so... contested? i guess? but my girlfriend loves me, my dad loves me, my friends love me, my grandma loves me. nothing else matters in my immediate circle, and i need to take care of myself first if i want to have any hope of helping other people around me. i find it more productive to avoid obsessing over news on social media or whatever and just be like that instead. the sad part was i never started using social media for politics, i just wanted to see cool art and funny memes. the politics just leaked in. you can't avoid it.

[@kigut7443]

@@nazrarain1452 ideally yes, but i suppose since a lot of people still have stigma and misunderstandings about disabled people and nonbinary people, there still needs to be political discussions about it. that doesnt mean i need to be a part of it though. i guess my point was that it isnt necessarily bad to talk about that stuff online, but that i needed to step away for my own wellbeing.

[@Me-pl9un]

@@persleng1536 You are part of the problem

[@jayiscrafting7516]

Huh ?

[@thecatdragon589]

i’ve always known i’ve had a rather unhealthy relationship with social media and the internet in general. sometimes i will open discord because someone pinged me, but then i’ll end up having a conversation with someone, when i should be paying attention in class. i’m typing this right now, fully aware that i really should be doing my homework that is due today. its very hard for me to pay attention to anything other than the internet, including drawing, and i’ve never known how to fix it. i’m gonna go back to my homework. thanks for reading my opinion either way

[@Bramv]

gl on ur homework

[@Teddy-up5cd]

How did your homework go???

[@talbar9023]

You should really try to social detox, start just with one evening, and try every week a little longer

[@talbar9023]

You should really try to social detox, start just with one evening, and try every week a little longer

[@revkiki7360]

@@talbar9023 thats actually a nice way to approach it, one evening at a time. I struggle with social media a lot myself, especially youtube-wise. I tried to stop watching youtube time and time again but never actually went through with it, because it was just too much of a change. Im gonna try and take an evening off yt once a week. Thanks for the Inspiration, stranger. I hope you dont suffer from social media as much as I do

[@broski7792]

Suggestion for the minecraft snapshots. There's a channel in the official MC discord for Minecraft updates/snapshots. You can subscribe to the channel which makes the messages in that channel appear in another server, and you get a notification for them. That's how i find out about the snapshots before any KZbinrs cover it.

[@Alex-02]

They usually release about the same time and same day every week so it’s easy to be ready

[@PaleGhost69]

The only social media I use regularly is KZbin. I only get on facebook once a week and that's to go through gardening group and marketplace for free and cheap stuff.

[@kigut7443]

i just use youtube to watch cool animations and content that i find entertaining. i try to avoid politics but i like to watch xisuma's discussions since he's so neutral and avoids that outrage stuff. it's more thought provoking than it is biased.

[@SurpriseTea]

I think there are two problems working together: First one is simple - a want to relax and do something unproductive, simply because your brain is tired of doing work. If you constantly check social media at work, it's probably because you're either bored, or tired and you need a way to "underclock" your brain. The Second is more complex - "Somebody is wrong in the Internet!", opinion-based discussions and controversies. While participating in those might be fruitful for your worldview and your arguing skills if done right, often it doesn't worth it. For example, you might get the understanding of why people go vegan or vote for this person or that person, but neither of you will convince each other to "change their camp". I believe one can find a way to engage with social media in a way, that doesn't devolve to consuming controversies: my social media space consists mostly of Minecraft and general gaming news. I consume a small share of controversy information, but only on topics which have a measurable impact on my life. Unfortunately, that includes politics, because it _does_ affect everyone's life, but there's always an option to be a silent observer, and not engage in the opinion war.

[@agoosewitharms8675]

i think social media can be fun but you do have to be careful about yourself

[@jjkthebest]

I occasionally engage in arguments on reddit. I always try to be as understanding as I can be, and usually people notice that and so they reciprocate, but sometimes you get these people who are either unwilling or unable to try to understand me, and that always kinda gets to me.

[@sidtrooper]

To be honest social media, KZbin, games, etc have been diverting my mind from the bad moments that happened in my life this year mainly the loses of my loved ones and now I feel like it has been 5 years since the COVID outbreak and my friends think it was just yesterday that the news was going crazy when there were 10 cases in my country, what do you think? Has it felt like a day or 5 years since the outbreak (my record of staying inside of my house is 198 and counting)

[@sunitaadhikari6081]

To me, it feels like it was just last week that we got informed about it But hope you're doing good now

[@Aphelia.]

Sorry for your loss. I also lost my mother to something worse than death. I feel like CV19 is a part of my life now, like, it doesn't matter how long it's been here. My distractions were classes and YT videos, Hermitcraft, etc.

[@-sturmfalke-]

@@Aphelia. Here's my heart. ❤ You can get over these bad times, I am giving a minute to you and those who are in a similar situation. Don't let it break you!

[@andreeacat7071]

I’m sorry for your loss. It feels like it’s been a couple months, like I still remember what it was like before but it still feels like some time has passed.

[@sidtrooper]

Sunita Adhikari Yes I am doing good now : )

[@Tim_The_Dim]

I personally never got into social media (apart from youtube I guess) and I'm extremely glad I didn't, it just seems to have more negatives than positives in my opinion

[@tankbg1311]

yeah man i only use YT and Reddit and use Facebook just to chat with my friends but that's it

[@volcangames]

You're absolutely right, all disagreements come from having different information than someone else, which is why whenever I do actually have arguments online, I always try to provide as much information as possible, like linking studies or videos. I think social media could become beneficial and essential to our society if it were geared more towards learning rather than maximum engagement

[@lenno9131]

I like the way he sorta is a bit neutral and doesn’t just say social media is bad, which a lot of people do

[@joeogle7729]

Someone in school once tried to justify they are a better person than me because more people follow them on Instagram. And at that point I understood exactly why I hate social media

[@moonnn2803]

i watched it a month ago lol and yeah, i agree!! it really brings attention to issues that people seem to ignore often when using social media. I never really knew how social media worked, but the fact that something that seems harmless can slowly change your attitude towards other things and your personality is kinda scary tbh. (I'm talking abt The Social Dilemma btw)

[@spookyjacooby2578]

I’m in high school and have no social media by choice, except for Twitter where I’ve never done anything except for Minecon Live polls. I don’t know if it’s because I don’t have social media or some other factor, but I’m relatively happy with myself and not self conscious and seem a lot less toxic than other people I know.

[@FDJUwe]

same here, I was super toxic back when I had facebook, now I barely enter instagram to check what my friends are doing (mostly cooking haha) but yeah I feel like I'm less toxic and self conscious as well

[@coltmills8585]

@@persleng1536 You are the problem

[@mjdxp5688]

Social media, like most things, has a lot of upsides and downsides. The biggest problem in my opinion is all social media platforms have a sort of like feature, which causes people to try and get as many likes as possible, which causes posts that really aren't meant to start real conversation. An ideal platform would be one that ranks posts by their comment count rather than like count in my opinion. edit: that build is neat... o.o

[@kigut7443]

he's building a moon biome in hermitcraft! i'm really excited to see it completed :D

[@adamrezabek9469]

I can think about one big downside of this concept: It will incentivize people to reply with something stupid/not interesting ("+1","i agree","dfag") just tu kinda "like" the comment.

[@AdamM]

I’m in the tech industry and have taken classes on a lot of these manipulation techniques and growth hacking and it’s always been a bit gross to me. The Social Dilemma did lay it all out in a great and easily digestible way. Def worth the watch

[@ignacia1355]

We were made to interact with a small and closed group of people in which we knew a lot more of the information they had, and suddenly we can interact with people from all around the world which do help us to inform ourselves and to change our point of view for the better, but also to try and change someones else's point of view and opinions because of it. Detoxing from social media can be a really hard thing but I think everyone should do it once in a while, I think none has the ability to take in so much information and absorb it and live as if it didn´t matter and we end up worrying about stuff we can't even change.

[@andyfeiler3639]

yo x, have you listened to IDLES' joy as an act of resistance? if so i'd love to hear your thoughts on it

[@killzone3fm]

I somewhat agree with your opinion about social media. Social media is somewhat a bane for society because we look at people who have a better life (envy and depression), a cesspool of like-minded opinions, too much anonymity (not arguing against it, but it can and will lead to bad behaviors), and other similar stuff. Yet, social media has some good in it like befriending new people, finding old friends, building a community (except for gatekeeping and other such behavior), and other such things. I will say the worse thing about social media currently is cancel culture because so many lives get ruined by people who should not be involved or should have minded their own business (of course it is a double edge sword and a slippery slope). Thank you for reading my comment.

[@FDJUwe]

Great video, as always. BTW, get shears to remove wool faster LUL

[@themapl3791]

I’m sure he knows

[@HealthyKadenOW]

I love how smart you are, watching your videos makes me strive to keep improving myself. I watched the social dilema a few months back and now my only social media is youtube

[@Iri5hman]

You've put into words what I've been thinking for a long while, I've tried to tell my family these things but was never really able to articulate it well. I may just use what you said here as a spring board to better express my concerns with my family and their consumption .

[@carolinehusky]

I find one of the biggest problems with most social networks (in real life as well as on the internet) that there is no hiding. You can close the tab, but the messages keep accumulating. And some even require your IRL name or make it impossible to have multiple accounts, which makes it even more impossible to separate your private life from your hobbies, friends, family, and work.

[@RimaNari]

Life is better if you regularly objectively assess yourself and your behaviour. Heck, that's probably what would lead to world peace if everyone were doing it. Consequently, I stopped having Twitter (the only social media I use) open all day in my browser or the app set to deliver notifications. It's now in a folder called "daily" that I open during breakfast and after I'm done with it don't look at until the next day's breakfast. I wish that more people would be similarly self-reflecting, like X describes. I have the same with news. I used to look at a news website every so often during the day. But it was bad doubly, because I used it to procrastinate which isn't good, and it didn't make me feel much better, as news are generally negative and make you worry. This documentary sounds very interesting. But sometime I just wish people would self-reflect a bit more. Then it wouldn't even need an eye-opening documentary for people to stop unhelpful/addictive social media use. Or everything else.

[@lucasperesflores7027]

Just watched that documentary today!

[@allenb9907]

I think one problem is that a person will have a really fun or enjoyable experience on a website, like KZbin for example. Then they watch a lot of videos, videos that might not interest them if they had not had that experience, in the hopes that the one of them will be just as fun or enjoyable. So, when this is the case, the engagement is owed to wishful thinking rather than the current video being watched. It's hard to find evidence of this, but I've noticed it in myself.

[@jeffbrady7840]

GREAT bit! Thank you for sharing your thoughts and confirming my own. :-) appreciate your mindset and willingness to share.

[@GikamesShadow]

Hey X, I wanted to thank you for this movie recommendation I pretty much just stopped at 3:13 and immediately went to netflix to watch it While I always kinda shared the opinions mentioned this was fairly insightful on my usual behavior online and I will try to adjust a lot of it with today

[@Backroom_Archives]

Xisuma you are amasing, i love your videos and the ammount of effort you put into your content and the ammount of thought about these situations. You are so smart and i understand what you are saying, keep up the great work

[@kingclawblazer]

I Barely get on social media like I get on it like 1 every 2 weeks or so and its Awesome :)

[@kigut7443]

thats great news! i only use twitter maybe once a month just to look at cool art, but the moment i see some tense politics pop up i close the tab HAHA

[@hrithikpatel3444]

Late, 6 months too late, but I'm now recovering

[@conradus6842]

This is kind of in the same genre as this, but you did a video on how to treat people on the internet eg someone you’ve never met in real life

[@icemage7739]

i never use social media but resently i started using twitter for mc, but i installed the app and only have mc news getting notified to me XD

[@spilltherainbow]

Since the topic is social media, I just want to put this out there. Be safe online. • Keep passwords and emails private • Don't use your real name as a user • Be careful of what you post and who you post it to

[@mosgo3412]

I find that going back to RSS has kept me me as informed as I was on social media but no need for opinions or posting things. I find it way nicer, but to each their own.

[@mattiehendrikx6998]

I totally agree!

[@billybob3099]

I was so surprised when I saw this video

[@lokkidenuuk]

around 12:40. I think X you should point out that you are expressing opinion. This shouldn't be your main source of education. It is rather Xisuma waffles channel which initiates dialogue, broadens your vision of world and calls for critical thinking. To some people saying that X needs to do more research and educate himself, yeah, but where do you draw the line when one can shape their opinion? When it resonates with yours? You also need to remember that our capabilities are finite as opposed to amount of obtainable knowledge. Man, I am going to miss you when you decide to retire KZbin 😄

[@randombanana640]

agree and yea i'll miss him if he retired yt

[@chickenclone3448]

Señor X, make a second twitter just for the most important things

[@randombanana640]

Agree also, like ur own comment

[@torchatlas8128]

Twitter will probably be the absolute fastest way to see new tweets, but perhaps think about using an RSS reader for certain things. An RSS reader can read any RSS feed (some readers have extra functionality like Twitter support). This lets you keep up to date with news and stuff, without using distracting, toxic social media. (RSS is an open standard, so you can read RSS feeds in any reader you like!) Most news websites have active RSS feeds. For Twitter accounts, and websites that don't have RSS feeds, you may be able to use an RSS feed generator or a website called "rsshub" to get around that. I'm not sure if I can share links here, but there's already an RSS feed for the Minecraft website content. Maybe this isn't exactly what you're looking for, but I think you might find it useful for certain things. Feedly is a very good RSS reader, by the way. Or, you could just use TweetDeck, with everything removed except one or two Twitter lists. For keeping up with Minecraft news, this might just be the best way to go. No notifications, no likes, no trends - just Minecraft tweets (and retweets?) from the certain people you want to see! And, you can always pop into the full Twitter experience every once in a while.

[@Boufty]

Is Xisuma listening to Starcraft's OST ? A true man of culture.

[@acoelomate2984]

I feel like more information on social media literacy and general media literacy needs to be directed towards adults who are digital immigrants. Young people like me are much more aware of what sort of misinformation can be spread due to experience. (That's not to say that young people aren't also susceptible, there's also a big issue of alt right groups targeting young teenage boys, and the way that social media inspires people to go down into rabbit holes doesn't help)

[@DarthMakroth]

My teacher was telling me computers were bad ect and saying "watch the social dilemma" and now your talking about it I'm so annoyed lol

[@FDJUwe]

As a teacher... listen to your teachers. We are exposed to a lot of people and different shit, so we have a better overall view of relations. Not boasting or anything, it's just the truth. Not just teachers, but most people that have to work with people on an intellectual level.

[@kigut7443]

to branch off a bit about what victor is saying, i think its important to form your own opinions, but to do so by listening to everyone else's. if you disagree with someone, that's okay, but maybe it would be helpful to try to use the information they've given you to carefully form your opinion and reflect on your thought process behind it. your teachers may be on to something, and perhaps reflecting on why they may feel that way might be fruitful. whether you end up agreeing with them, disagreeing with them, or meeting them somewhere in the middle ultimately is your choice!

[@FDJUwe]

@@kigut7443 completely agree, very nice observation

[@kigut7443]

@@FDJUwe thank you!

[@talbar9023]

I have facebook for practical use. Some organizations I'm in, use facebook as a way of communicating, so It kinda need facebook :/

[@generaldrago]

I don’t use any social media besides KZbin so ha.

[@multicoloredrainbow]

Xisuma is a reall smart dude, wow

[@randombanana640]

never underestimate gamers' brains

[@pietruə]

Hey x when you have been trying to make a point you use twitter as a part of your job but try to minimalisethetimeyou spend on it. id like to recomend a mobile app its called bixby you can customise the content that it sends you from a wide variety of social media apps and websites. For example you can chose an account on twitter or multiple accounts that youre interested in and it shows you the most relevant posts and the most useful ones. hope you consider it at some time or at least check it out. love ya

[@pietruə]

Also it may be patchrd since people spent less timeon it because of theminimalist amount of information but one day it was so

[@JeffHendricks]

Devin Townsend's podcasts have been fantastic, most definitely.

[@weeweemonami7420]

can i have a link to that podcast? i'm currently working on a research title and i think that will be useful. xoxo.

[@Perrypool09]

30 mins of Duolingo can teach you a language. What can 30 mins of social media do?

[@5e2c467cebac]

Give you FOMO, anxiety and make you stressed out without noticing it. Feeling guilt because you're unproductive.

[@Perrypool09]

@@5e2c467cebac Excatly my point

[@EssenSlug]

Now this might be an unpopular opinion. I've never had the bad experiences with social medias. I haven't reached the toxic part of Twitter. I use the social medias so keep in contact with friends and idols or for entertainment.

[@tuckergiambrone]

I get distracted from school by youtube a lot, is there any way to set it so I can't watch until a certain time?

[@randombanana640]

do u watch youtube at school or after school?

[@ee399]

i get that its American, but after watching it i couldnt help but feel a lot of it was largely exaggerated, lots of the talking was good, but the idea someone wiuld snash a box with a baseball bat for a phone is purely ridiculous to m. Maybe i dont get so addicted in the way most do, maybe i failed to see the obvious exaggeration but my teacher made the class all watch it together in pdp which is basically a life lessons, and it seemed like there was lots of important and vital info everyone should appreciate, but also there was plenty of fear mongering. For me honestly the big problem is time wasting, Personally i never struggled with mental health so i honestly cant say i fully understand the stress of social med but i feel that the documentary really portraid silicone valley as a malicious force rather than a money hungry company without enough morality.

[@Teddy-up5cd]

I agree. I think that some of it was very, very true, but parts of it are definitely exaggerated and it lowers the credibility imo.

[@joemorton9200]

I’m constantly arguing with people on the internet. But I usually start it. Most of the time we either agree to disagree or one of us gives up. I know I’m not changing their views on it’s not worth it. I’m gonna stop doing it, it’s not worth my time

[@FDJUwe]

Yeah man just stop it, it's not worth anybody's time. Talking in person beats any of that, because we tend to be more amicable and try to see the other's point of view when we talk in person (usually, for normal people atleast). So save your breath for those occasions, you might actually change someone's mind or even your own :D

[@obiku1971]

A colleague was talking about that Netflix video, next you were. That persuade me to watch it too. Great content, like your video. Small negative thing, should stop watching YT too :p

[@duality4y]

I deleted my FaceBook (a while ago maybe 2 years?) because that place is depressing as F@#$ yea it's horrible for your self image and your mental state!

[@jellyfish2603]

When I was younger, I had a world to d: start from drawing and end at breaking my mommy's favourite glass item. But when I look at myself now, it feels like there's nothing to do other than look at your phone. It feels wrong, berry wrong.

[@DB-wo6sb]

Hi

[@sunitaadhikari6081]

Hello

[@Sherry_Armstrong]

X your one of the best you tubers out there i love all the hermits and legacy people ect minecraft people in general ... , but in return theres is alot of bad seeds you tubers that are trash , coz every one wants to be a star now ... and the things they do is like WOW!!!

[@katster1310]

I am trying to use it less, as it has sorta become an outlet to get myself riled up over politics.

[@katster1310]

@@persleng1536 I know

[@theamazingtristeon5802]

Where would you go on the political spectrum

[@ucngominh3354]

:

[@Mechanoid]

Wooo 1000th view.... there's that... but on topic... social media isn't good, to many opinions and stuff other then proper education/news/facts.

[@knus1959]

:)

[@JakoTheWacko]

It was a pretty good documentary but I really hated the storyline about the good who was radicalised. It felt really overdramatized and silly when compared to the discussions with people experienced in the industry.

[@danmiltenberger5616]

Yea I thought the phone safe bit was a little overboard

[@plamenvasilev7980]

Hi

[@MEE-be4wl]

Hallo

[@plamenvasilev7980]

Hallo

[@Xeema4869]

Hallo

[@plamenvasilev7980]

Yeeeyt

[@isaac_white]

Hallo