I recently turned off several social mining alerts... otherwise, I’d be staring at my points going up or down all day, like watching an ECG of options volatility curves, and the ECG would be my own. Honestly, the badge and identity system is quite good at catching people: give you a little “progress bar,” and you’ll be willing to spend time to take a screenshot.

What’s more embarrassing is that outside, people are still interpreting ETF capital flows, US stock risk appetite, and crypto price movements as if they’re all tightly linked. I watch the fun from the side and think: no matter how big the macro narrative is, it shouldn’t become my reason for staying up late to sign in. Now I only keep one main account to take it slow, naturally use what I can, and give up on what I can’t—don’t turn “participation” into a debt.