Contrary to what often gets surfaced in social media feeds, and many newspapers too, there is actually a lot of good news going around. Unfortunately, good news does not sell well at all, and it is usually clickbait headlines causing rage or anger, that seem to draw attention.

It is for this reason that some social networks make a point of pushing these posts into people’s feeds so that it increases engagement and drives comments etc. They design algorithms that analyse what buttons can be pressed to drive engagement and thereby surface posts that will do this driving.

The alternative is a cleaner chronological feed just based on who you follow, and when they posted. These users may have a more positive experience depending on who they follow.

Which is why many want to break away from watching traditional news channels and legacy social networks. There are actually many places dedicated to positive and uplifting news.

Some are websites like:
https://www.optimistdaily.com/
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/
https://www.positive.news/

Whilst some are focussed Subreddits such as:
https://www.reddit.com/r/goodnews/
https://www.reddit.com/r/UpliftingNews/
Fediverse https://kglitch.social/m/positivenews
Fediverse upliftingnews@lemmy.world

Bluesky also has two curated feeds called ‘Positive News’ and ‘Uplifting and Good News’.

To make this easier, you could also install or use an RSS reader which will bring various sources to you in one place, without all the distractions of visiting the various sites.

There is also a hack at https://www.howtogeek.com/how-i-use-reddit-to-stay-on-top-of-the-news/ which explains how to cobble a couple of different positive news Subreddits into a single feed to follow.
#Blog, #goodnews, #positivenews, #technology

282: Brain-Washing Machine (Fix the News is a good newsletter) https://fixthenews.com/282-brain-washing-machine/ #journalism #positiveNews

"While it’s important to highlight problems so that #society can course-correct, when there’s an absence of coverage of responses to problems – what’s improving, where the seeds of positive change are – then a overly-negative narrative becomes counterproductive.

‘#Negativenews publications should come with a health warning’ - Positive News
https://www.positive.news/society/negative-news-publications-should-come-with-a-health-warning/

#doomscrolling
#clickbait
#negativenews
#brainrot
#media
#balancednews
#mentalhealth
#positivenews