Well, not to shit on the idea too much, but right now as of posting, looking at ~100 posts in the feed and the majority are bots, automated posts, or otherwise “brand” posts, not just regular people, and a few are Threads users or bridged Bluesky/Xitter accounts.

Doing a quick label:

• Human: https://503junk.house/@pettylarcen/113799872963899948
• Bot / Automated: https://flipboard.com/@thehindu/national-dkoomk3rz/-/a-Wrbuqb96QnuLzyLZOzNr5A%3Aa%3A2437248393-%2F0
• Brand: https://jforo.com/@pg/113799872842675573
• Brand: https://mastodon.social/@revistahamartia/113799873103967261
• Bot / Automated: https://beige.party/@weird_prompts/113799872991959203
• Bot / Automated: https://flipboard.com/@einvestidor/e-investidor-3hlliu9sz/-/a-qXSCrokETXuobrs7LeTyIA%3Aa%3A3418138642-%2F0
• Human: https://techhub.social/@davey_k/113799873017718358
• Human: https://social.vivaldi.net/@ladychelseaofthevoid/113799873046250477
• Human: https://mastodon.social/@zandra/113799873097548123
• Bot / Automated: https://flipboard.com/@einvestidor/e-investidor-3hlliu9sz/-/a-XeAr1Gw6Tzq_TloPwjtlfg%3Aa%3A3418138642-%2F0
• Bot / Automated: https://mastodon.social/@Kochi/113799873124639124
• Unknown Bridged Bluesky acount (it’s private and not in English so it’s harder to label): https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:crkrjt6p5j3jfvmyvtmgnflc/post/3lfddis6avk2u
• Bot / Automated: https://mastodon.social/@onthisday/113799873284418993
• Threads User: https://www.threads.net/@willianmax/post/DEnWuIvvG5n
• Bridged Bluesky User: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:dctqr7kcavgggjipg6s2xc56/post/3lfddip6ih22r
• Human: https://douchi.space/@albusdumbledore/113799873324955194
• Human: https://troet.cafe/@Verfassungklage/113799873394589676
• Human: https://inari.opencocon.org/@matoken/113799873421069677
• Bot / Automated: https://www.socialnews.xyz/2025/01/09/fadnavis-tells-officials-to-focus-on-completion-of-infra-projects-within-time-limits/
• Bridged Xitter User: https://x.com/QBsMVP/status/1877426082275553391?mx=2
• Bridged Xitter User: https://x.com/scottmerkin/status/1877426155701108895
• Bridged Xitter User: https://x.com/CodyStavenhagen/status/1877426072259580060
• Non-human Bridged Xitter User: https://x.com/TSN_Sports/status/1877426003338727654
• Human: https://mastodon.content.town/@operationpuppet/113799873136927423
• ???: https://masto.ink/@torontotv/113799873345457501
• Human: https://chaos.social/@chris_gammell/113799873391924201
• Bot / Automated: https://mastodon.social/@indie1023_playlist/113799873574333510
• Bridged Xitter User: https://x.com/DOrlandoAJC/status/1877425955049767055
• Non-human Bridged Bluesky User: https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:y2g5vymm2cvveec6cnspcvzo/post/3lfddivgl5f2j
• Bridged Xitter User: https://x.com/kfitz134/status/1877426109018468540
• Human: https://kafeneio.social/@norshgaath/113799873389635436
• Bot / Automated: https://jb.md/@news/113799873554864843
• Bot / Automated: https://hachyderm.io/@selfcare/113799873596733002
• ???: https://mastodon.social/@EndIsraeliApartheid/113799873638378451
• Bot / Automated: https://flipboard.com/@janettespeyer/glorious-islands-623snqlnz/-/a-6u8jQ1XER2iJNsaC0LHzqw%3Aa%3A76802984-%2F0
• Unlabeled Bot: https://mastodon.online/@MTBotProfound/113799873683782913
• Bot / Automated: https://flipboard.com/@ctvnews/atlantic-lgqhk918z/-/a-fZkbJZybQXGhrgdvRKcxpw%3Aa%3A2823982346-%2F0
• Brand: https://mastodon.social/@KashmirFight/113799873720744097
• Bot / Automated: https://bots.robots.rodeo/@orcspiration/113799873169974336
• Brand: https://mastodon.social/@luxuryelitefinds/113799873675082571
• Bridged Xitter User: https://x.com/NJDevils/status/1877426162068058396
• Threads User: https://www.threads.net/@ernestoacostame/post/DEnWuZduJoc
• Brand or Unlabeled Bot: https://mastodon.social/@Pahalikhabar/113799873753297734
• Human: https://mstdn.social/@Ttubretep/113799873669338700
• Human: https://fosstodon.org/@softlandinglinuxsystem/113799873694371626
• Human: https://dice.camp/@Covok/113799873844076786
• Bridged Bluesky User: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vpkw7cvu6eu742hvjk5wsxf2/post/3lfddj225h22x
• Bridged Bluesky User: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2yuhperkb7ob5hhwshar4c5b/post/3lfddj5sxq32m
• Bot / Automated: https://mastodon.scot/@railway_regret/113799873833612028

That’s getting close to the 5k character limit, but you get the idea. This has actually negatively influenced my opinion on fediverse activity. I didn’t realize that such a high share of the activity wasn’t actually just “normal users”.

Might be talking within the context of PC gaming, where even a relative potato will beat the performance of a flagship phone.

organic food for your brain

High quality, positive content boosts mental health

Browsing shallow memes and political outrage here is basically just home-made junk food instead of store-bought junk food. Likely less unhealthy, but that’s not exactly eating a bowl of vegetables lol - that would perhaps be reading a book or something. Not a great fit for the comparison imo.

(as an aside, it seems plausible that junk food in small quantities as part of a balanced diet might boost mental health vs strictly never indulging)