Just turn notifications off from non-important apps. Or, put a "non disturb" mode for a few hours when you want to be focussed.
Ask HN: How do you manage Facebook/Whats App/Twitter/Email/Etc addiction?
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Re: Ask HN: How do you manage Facebook/Whats App/Twitter/Email/Etc addiction?
#12This article has an interesting approach -- the author cut FB cold turkey for 2 weeks, but was able to return and be a more responsible, casual user:
http://time.com/3093332/5-things-i-learned-when-i-quit-faceb...
Re: Ask HN: How do you manage Facebook/Whats App/Twitter/Email/Etc addiction?
#13Of the items listed, I only use email. Call me a Luddite but all of those other things are just unnecessary distractions. I find that my life is much more focused when I control the funnel of noise. I have an RSS reader for news and email or a phone for communication. All these other potential streams of data are like road signs or commercials: I know they're there but I've made such an effort to ignore them that they just don't register.
Try this:
$ cat /etc/hosts|grep face 127.0.0.1 facebook.com 127.0.0.1 www.facebook.com
Re: Ask HN: How do you manage Facebook/Whats App/Twitter/Email/Etc addiction?
#14Of the items listed, I only use email. Call me a Luddite but all of those other things are just unnecessary distractions. I find that my life is much more focused when I control the funnel of noise. I have an RSS reader for news and email or a phone for communication. All these other potential streams of data are like road signs or commercials: I know they're there but I've made such an effort to ignore them that the…
There should be newlines in there...
$ cat /etc/hosts|grep face
127.0.0.1 facebook.com
127.0.0.1 www.facebook.com
Re: Ask HN: How do you manage Facebook/Whats App/Twitter/Email/Etc addiction?
#15Power on/off
Re: Ask HN: How do you manage Facebook/Whats App/Twitter/Email/Etc addiction?
#16Just don't use them. Really. The addiction will go away or at least decrease after a couple days or so.
I'm really only addicted to HN these days, but I solve it by not going to HN at all when I need to be in Get Shit Done mode. After a day or two I don't find myself thinking about it that much.
Re: Ask HN: How do you manage Facebook/Whats App/Twitter/Email/Etc addiction?
#17I assume the discussion around how to manage HN addiction will be conducted elsewhere?
Re: Ask HN: How do you manage Facebook/Whats App/Twitter/Email/Etc addiction?
#18Deleted my Facebook about a year ago or so now. I've never been happier. It's funny how unsocial social networks really are.
Re: Ask HN: How do you manage Facebook/Whats App/Twitter/Email/Etc addiction?
#19For Android, I started using QualityTime. It tracks your usage. Annoyingly, it also counts background apps as "running". But it really helps to give me a snapshot of my day. I can see what time I woke up and started redditing on the can :P
Re: Ask HN: How do you manage Facebook/Whats App/Twitter/Email/Etc addiction?
#20I'm embarking on a Slow Information Diet modeled after Tim Ferris' Slow Carb Diet. Six days a week, no Twitter, no Facebook, etc. On cheat day (for me, my slow carb diet cheat day and slow information diet cheat days are the same, Friday) I get to read and consume and binge all I want. Because Slow Carb really resonates we me, this concept does to and has worked out well. YMMV of course.