On Social Media and Positive Feedback Loops

Thu, 29 Oct 2026 08:40:38 +0000

Yesterday, yet again, I deactivated my Facebook account. I kept seeing negative posts about Oxford Street being pedestrianised, and especially radicalising people into hating cyclists. I felt that I was absorbing and radiating that negativity as well. I didn’t like that I was being so negative about something that changes nothing in my life.

I don’t live in London anymore. I don’t walk on Oxoford Street anymore. That the street was pedestrianised and that bikes are not meant to use it changes nothing in my life.

Negativity on Richard's Static Blog

On Social Media and Positive Feedback Loops