“Wait A Second, This Is Wholesome Content”: 50 Posts To Restore Your Faith In Humanity

Life can be hard, Pandas. We understand that. We all might need a pick-me-up once in a while. Something that can show us that people can be good and kind. We’re big proponents ofpositive contenthere atBored Panda, and today, we have the perfect antidote to a stressful day.That’s why we’re featuring the“wait a second this is wholesome content”Facebook group. A community of like-minded people who like sharing “the most wholesome things out there.” Their mission is as simple as that – to keep the worldmore wholesome. So scroll down and get some dopamine from our selection of pics from this group!We reached out to the creator of this group,Illie Nilbog Curtis. She kindly agreed to tellBored Pandahow the group was created, what it’s like moderating such a big community, and what challenges the admins run into most often. Read our chat with her below!This post may includeaffiliate links.

That’s why we’re featuring the“wait a second this is wholesome content”Facebook group. A community of like-minded people who like sharing “the most wholesome things out there.” Their mission is as simple as that – to keep the worldmore wholesome. So scroll down and get some dopamine from our selection of pics from this group!

We reached out to the creator of this group,Illie Nilbog Curtis. She kindly agreed to tellBored Pandahow the group was created, what it’s like moderating such a big community, and what challenges the admins run into most often. Read our chat with her below!

This post may includeaffiliate links.

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“Originally, I created the tag group back in 2017 or 2018,” its creator, Illie Nilbog Curtis, tells Bored Panda. “When tag groups were all over Facebook and everyone was using them as their kind of ‘meme’ in a sense. I don’t remember the original content I had made it for, but it originally started as just a tag group.“Illie says that moderating the “wait a second this is wholesome content” group of 169k members can be difficult, but, luckily, she has help. “I have a team of mods that I can’t even tell you how much I adore each and every one of them, as a whole and individually. They have become some of my closest friends, whether they live in another state here in the U.S. or overseas. I would be lost without them.““The biggest challenge we run into, though, is keeping an eye on comment sections, making sure everyone is actually keeping it wholesome. And duplicate posts as we’re going through post requests.”

Illie says that moderating the “wait a second this is wholesome content” group of 169k members can be difficult, but, luckily, she has help. “I have a team of mods that I can’t even tell you how much I adore each and every one of them, as a whole and individually. They have become some of my closest friends, whether they live in another state here in the U.S. or overseas. I would be lost without them.”

“The biggest challenge we run into, though, is keeping an eye on comment sections, making sure everyone is actually keeping it wholesome. And duplicate posts as we’re going through post requests.”

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Illie says that communities like these help keep the Internet more positive. “I think it’s important because even though this initially started as a joke, as a meme even, since it was meant to be a tag group, it turned into a corner of the internet where we didn’t allow any of the day-to-day negativity in.”

“It turned into a safe haven for only positive content, allowing discourse and educating but no bullying, trolling, or put-downs, and making sure that everyone has a chance to be heard and validated.”

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During the COVID-19 pandemic,The World Health Organizationurged people to actively seek wholesome content. “Find opportunities to amplify positive and hopeful stories,” they wrote in 2020. Granted, the pandemic was an especially difficult time emotionally for many people. But that doesn’t mean we don’t crave positivity online even now.In 2022, Dr. Michèle Lamont, a sociology professor at Harvard, conducteda studywhere she interviewed 80 undergraduate students. She found that they greatly valued optimism and being active towards social change. Whereas the older generations expect hardships, the younger gen focuses on positivity to move on from them.

In 2022, Dr. Michèle Lamont, a sociology professor at Harvard, conducteda studywhere she interviewed 80 undergraduate students. She found that they greatly valued optimism and being active towards social change. Whereas the older generations expect hardships, the younger gen focuses on positivity to move on from them.

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As much as we’d like to see only positive things online, we actually might be contributing to negativity online, even if unconsciously. Karolina Lempert, Ph.D., writes forPsychology Todayabout the negativity bias of bad news and headlines. According to her, studies have proven that people pay more attention to negative news than to good news.

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The psychology behind this is that people tend todislike lossesmore than they like gains. For example, if an egg falls on the ground and breaks, we’re more likely to focus on that than the fact that there are still nine more eggs we were lucky enough to get at the store. Bad things, in general, elicit astronger emotional reactionfrom us. Bad impressions and stereotypes, for one, form quicker than positive ones.

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Comments sections are often anonymous, so people rarely feel the consequences of their words in real life. There’s also the online disinhibition effect: some things that are acceptable online would hardly be acceptable in real life – there are rarely any checks and balances.

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My 83-year-old nan has completed the LEGO Disney Castle. She is very proud for doing most of it on her own!

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Lastly, taking a break from all devices is always an option, too. Cuncic recommends not using your smartphone at least 45 minutes before bed. Similarly, designate short periods of time during the day when you’re device-free. “Go and do something like go for a walk in nature,do some meditation, write in a journal, or call a friend,” she adds.

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