On: Hedonometer: Average Happiness of Twitter over Tim...

[meowkit]

That’s a human thing, not a twitter thing.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negativity_bias

[karaterobot → meowkit]

Agreed. I find that Twitter (et al.) just amplify existing human biases and psychological effects like that. To totally misquote Steve Jobs, social media is like a bicycle for feeling bad.

[dmos62 → karaterobot]

> To totally misquote Steve Jobs, social media is like a bicycle for feeling bad.

I like that. What's the actual quote?

Edit: it's probably this:

> …the computer is the most remarkable tool that we’ve ever come up with. It’s the equivalent of a bicycle for our minds.

[karaterobot → dmos62]

That's the one!