社交媒体善用之道

文/普里亚·弗洛伦斯·沙阿 译/傅颖

Proper use of social media can enhance your personal growth, happiness, and expand your world by helping you make the right connections.Here are some tips for responsible social media use and how to use social media in a good way so that it becomes your most useful self-growth tool.

合理使用社交媒体有助于建立恰当的联系，从而促进成长、提升幸福感、扩大视野。以下列举了一些如何负责任地、合理地使用社交媒体的建议，以便使之成为人们自我成长的最佳工具。

Stop doomscrolling

2Doomscrolling is the compulsion to consume negative news on social media.In Psychology Today, Dr.Pamela B.Rutledge writes that our brains are hardwired1hardwired本能的（指不可改变的）。to doomscroll, especially in times of uncertainty.

3According to experts at the University of Pittsburgh, the reason people are incessantly scrolling for negative news is that “we’re hard-wired for it on an evolutionary level because if we learn about the big scary thing or we get the answers, then we can control our environment.”

停止阴暗刷屏

2阴暗刷屏是指在社交媒体上关注负面新闻的冲动。帕梅拉·B.拉特里奇博士在《今日心理学》杂志撰文指出，我们的大脑天生就喜欢关注负面消息，身处不确定的时期时尤其如此。

3匹兹堡大学的专家认为，人们之所以不停地浏览负面新闻，是因为“从进化的角度看，这是人类的本能，因为倘若我们对令人生畏的事情有所了解，或者我们知晓了其中的答案，那么我们就有能力掌控所处的环境”。

4What you focus on grows, and you create your own reality by what you give your attention to.“There is so much more that is going right in your world than wrong,” says Esther Hicks,author of the book The Law of Attraction.

5So take your focus off the negative news and place it on the things that make you feel good so you can invite more good stuff and good feelings into your reality.

4随着你关注的事情不断增多，你会以此构建自己的现实世界。《吸引力法则》一书的作者埃斯特·希克斯说：“在你的世界里，正面的东西远多于负面的东西。”

5所以，请把你的关注点从负面新闻转移到让你感觉良好的东西上，这样你的现实世界就会拥有更多美好的事物和更多积极的情绪。

Curate your feed

6This is one action you can take to instantly give you relief from doomscrolling.If you consciously curate your feed, unfollow the doomsayers, the people and the channels that promote negativity, your social feed will instantly be much brighter.

7Today, most social networks use artificial intelligence to give you control over the posts and channels you want to engage with the most.Use these intelligent tools to help you curate your feed and delete the posts you want to see less of.

8Then make a conscious effort to fnid channels that promote positivity and share good news and positive thoughts(or put a positive spin on bad news).That way, even if you’re scrolling endlessly through your feed, you’ll only see things and news that make you feel good.

管理信息源

6这个做法可以让你立刻摆脱阴暗刷屏。如果你有意识地管理你的信息源，对末日论者、传播消极情绪的人和频道取消关注，那么你的社交信息源将即刻变得积极。

7如今，大多数社交网络都使用人工智能，让用户掌握其最想了解的帖子和频道。使用这些智能工具来帮助你整理信息源，删除你不太想看到的帖子。

8其次，有意识地寻找传播正能量、分享好消息和积极想法（或者对坏消息进行积极解读）的频道。这样，即使你在信息大餐里不停地刷刷刷，你也只会看到让你感觉良好的内容和新闻。

9It’s not about pretending that bad stuff doesn’t exist, but about deciding whether reading about it is worth the cost of your sanity and mental wellness.

10Use social media more mindfully so that it boosts your happiness, rather than takes it away.

9这并非自欺欺人地以为负面消息不存在，而是判断阅读此类新闻是否值得以影响自己的精神状态和心理健康作为代价。

10更为谨慎地使用社交媒体，以便使之提升而不是剥夺你的幸福感。

Stop social comparisons

11If you’re comparing yourselves with others while using social media, you will feel less happy.

12The cure for that is to boost your self-esteem, and start focusing on more meaningful things in your life rather than empty comparisons to other people.Stop following Instagram accounts of people showing off their amazing lives, because that’s not real or authentic.

13No one has a perfect life, so accept yourself the way you are and stop comparing yourself with others altogether,whether on social media or real life.

停止社交攀比

11如果在使用社交媒体时和他人进行攀比，你不会感到开心。

12解决的办法就是提升自尊感，关注生活中更有意义的事情，而不去和他人进行空洞地比较。别再关注那些在照片墙应用上炫耀精彩生活的账号，因为那并不真实或可信。

13没有人的生活是完美无缺的，所以请接受你本来的样子，停止和他人攀比，无论在社交媒体上还是在现实生活中。

Use social media for learning

14Social media is good for students in terms of learning and education.But adults can also learn how to use social media as a learning tool.

利用社交媒体学习

14社交媒体对学生学习和教育有益，但成人也可以把它作为学习的工具。

15像领英这样的社交平台以及在线学习应用软件都在创建学习中心，供学生和员工提升旧技能、学习新本领，为远程工作的全新时代做好准备。

15Social networks like LinkedIn and online learning apps are all creating learning hubs where students and employees can up-skill, re-skill, and prepare themselves for a new world of remote work.

Earn a living with social media

16There are many advantages of social media for business.Most businesses now use social media for marketing and with remote work booming, employers use social media to hire, too.

17Freelancing and gig work has taken off with many good social media apps making remote work and earning opportunities accessible to those who live in remote areas or are unable to work outside the home for cultural or safety reasons.

18Social media does more good than harm and it’s possible to learn how to use social media effectively and responsibly, so you can be a happier, smarter,more connected human being.■

利用社交媒体谋生

16社交媒体在商业上有很多优势。现在大多数企业利用社交媒体进行营销，随着远程工作的兴起，雇主也利用社交媒体进行招聘。

17随着许多优秀的社交媒体应用程序的推出，那些生活在偏远地区或者出于文化或安全原因无法外出工作的人有机会进行远程工作赚取收入，从而推动了自由职业和零工的兴起。

18社交媒体利大于弊。人们可以学习如何有效、负责任地使用社交媒体，从而使自己成为一个更快乐、更聪明、社交联系更广的人。 □