The difference between passive and active consumption is important. It also reduces the time you spend looking at content that actually upsets you rather than make you feel good. um, what did I do exactly?' that many people associate with social media. It combats that feeling of 'I just wasted two hours doing.
It puts you in charge of your own time and experience which is much healthier for you. No matter if you decide for yourself 'I want to learn more about a specific topic', 'I want to reach out to my online friends', 'I want to look at pictures of my favorite actor' or 'I want to scroll through silly memes now', all of that would be active consumption! It's just about making your own decision.
Passive consumption means scrolling through content that a algorithm picked for you, going through just whatever is in front of you, with no active choice on your part what you want to engage with in that moment.Īctive consumption, on the other hand, means that you actively make a consicious decision on what you want to engage with. Here is a gentle reminder: Most of the negative things you hear about social media (or the internet in general) apply to passive consumption.
