Social media algorithms heavily influence our thoughts. Social media algorithms curate your feed by content that viewers are most likely to interact with. Social media in general causes stress, anxiety and sadness.
Seeing peers on social media doing cool stuff can cause FOMO (fear of missing out) this type of stuff can also cause envy amongst people especially in young teens.
Social media can cause users to doom scroll which can deepen their emotions and cause distress especially if they see any sort of negative media on their feed.
People may also see others that they would like or a lifestyle they would like to live which could cause them to compare themselves which could eventually lead to a decline in their mental health.Â
Social media’s algorithm influences our thoughts more often than we think.
