Hate-watching someone’s life is still giving them your hours. They’d call that a win.

Attention does not care what mood you brought to it. Checking somebody’s page in order to be annoyed still counts as checking it, still takes the minutes, and still keeps them installed in your head where they have no business being. The feeling is different from admiration. The cost is identical.

Mute or unfollow the account you keep visiting to feel bad. Nothing has to be announced and nobody has to know. Then notice how much mental room opens up in about a week.