<story><title>Avoid News, Part 2: What the Stock Market Taught Me about News</title><url>http://www.bayesianinvestor.com/blog/index.php/2021/06/13/avoid-news-part-2-what-the-stock-market-taught-me-about-news/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>arduinomancer</author><text>Anyone else burnt out from the outrage cycle in recent times?&lt;p&gt;I don’t know if it’s selfish but I just don’t have the energy anymore to care about what bad thing person X or company Y did this week.&lt;p&gt;My current philosophy is to treat news&amp;#x2F;Reddit&amp;#x2F;social media like email in the old days.&lt;p&gt;That is: log on to a desktop computer once a week and read the highlights. It is not accessible except through the desktop computer.&lt;p&gt;The funny thing is this approach is completely opposite the “stories” trend in social media. It makes you really aware of the FOMO-by-design pattern these days.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dkdbejwi383</author><text>When nothing resulted of the &amp;quot;Panama papers&amp;quot;, I admit I basically checked out of active politics and reading the news. On occasion, I&amp;#x27;ll read some long-form journalism, but I am done with daily &amp;quot;news&amp;quot;.</text></comment>
<story><title>Avoid News, Part 2: What the Stock Market Taught Me about News</title><url>http://www.bayesianinvestor.com/blog/index.php/2021/06/13/avoid-news-part-2-what-the-stock-market-taught-me-about-news/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>arduinomancer</author><text>Anyone else burnt out from the outrage cycle in recent times?&lt;p&gt;I don’t know if it’s selfish but I just don’t have the energy anymore to care about what bad thing person X or company Y did this week.&lt;p&gt;My current philosophy is to treat news&amp;#x2F;Reddit&amp;#x2F;social media like email in the old days.&lt;p&gt;That is: log on to a desktop computer once a week and read the highlights. It is not accessible except through the desktop computer.&lt;p&gt;The funny thing is this approach is completely opposite the “stories” trend in social media. It makes you really aware of the FOMO-by-design pattern these days.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>PNWChris</author><text>I’m glad I’m not alone doing this! I’ve gone so far as setting up a content blocker on my phone and putting Reddit on a blocklist.&lt;p&gt;I just can’t handle all the front page content that elicits outrage and&amp;#x2F;or incredulity, and the comment threads can be just as outrageous as the content itself.&lt;p&gt;Still, I dig so many of the communities on there, so I browse by setting aside time and hopping on my desktop.&lt;p&gt;I don’t use my desktop much (maybe a couple times a week), so I find it creates a nice mental partition from my day-to-day life and let’s me engage with Reddit on my own terms. Frankly, Reddit is a blast in small doses, so I’m happy with the balance I’ve struck.</text></comment>