News often stress me out because of the negativity, but I want to stay informed.

    • livus@kbin.social
      4·
      1 year ago

      @PeepinGoodArgs

      That’s cool and all, but I rarely feel like I can actively do anything as a result of being more informed. More information doesn’t empower me to do anything at all.

      I know what you mean. I think it’s partly the kind of news that’s encouraged in “bleeds-it-leads” 24h Western news cycles.

      A proportion of my news these days is from outside that cycle, and it’s a bit more helpful/normal. For example noticing all the news on the rice production shortage before it impacted local prices.

  • YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    1 year ago

    RSS lists that include your local news is your best bet. Then you don’t have an algorithm sending you the worse most stressful news, it’s listed in the order of the datastamp it was posted.

    • LilDumpy@lemmy.world
      3·
      1 year ago

      I keep seeing RSS lists recommended on Lemmy. Can you provide some links on how to set one up? Do I need a website? Does it get sent to an email? How do you find websites for thr RSS feed?

      • YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        1 year ago

        Install feedly on your phone. You can divide up your news sources into categories and it produces a good feed. It’s all about building your sources of content.

  • livus@kbin.social
    6·
    1 year ago

    I guess the literal answer is early in the morning when your serotonin is rising, and once or twice a week so you get the big stories without the obsessive retellings.

  • girl@sopuli.xyz
    4·
    1 year ago

    I have this issue too. I have a few people in my life who pay attention to the news, I just ask them to inform me when something big happens, or I ask for updates if it’s been a week or two. I check out those specific topics then move on. I realized it didn’t serve me to stay very informed, so I just want the bare minimum.

    I go through phases. I was glued to the news at the start of the Israel-Hamas war, then it became too much and I had to back off. I’ll be back at it again at the height of the 2024 US election so I can make informed voting decisions, then I’m done again until the next major thing.

    • Bipta@kbin.social
      1·
      1 year ago

      You don’t owe it to anyone or anything to stay informed

      We live in society. We all owe each other some things. Not being a clueless idiot is one of them.