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What I really need is a way to lock myself out of the account, especially Twitter, without suspending it. Like, disable the login for a day, but I am still on the platform. The electric fences I put up myself never work.
I don’t really use it much now anyway, but I did like this feature. It was one less metric to be distracted by, you either thought the photo was good, or bad, rather than agreed with others or not. I prefer to make a decision for myself and then see the general opinion.
But my Instagram was 80% my friends, unlike some of my close friends who have horrible comparative relationships with people they don’t know on Instagram. And the likes analytics are big part of that.
They have since stopped using it, but I feel removing likes counts is a factor in that decision.
Instagram story rants are a whole different ball game...
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I can’t tell if it’s the BBC or perhaps just me getting older (and wiser, or dumber depending on your perspective) but I’d say the BBC has got worse over the last 5 years or so. It’s usually not factually incorrect, but I’ve definitely noticed the story selection and emotive language choice doesn’t seem neutral to me. I can tolerate non-neutral news outlets I guess, but what I dislike is one that purports to be neutr…
It's the BBC that is getting dumber, not you my friend. I check in with the headlines every now and then and every time it's either government propaganda or bullshit Love Island celebrity nonsense.
Whats the public benefit from that rubbish?
CBeebies, CBBC - cool. Public benefit makes sense.
BBC Science and Documentaries - Public benefit. Fully justifiable.
EastEnders - Pay money to make other people less intelligent or we’ll fine you.
What I really need is a way to lock myself out of the account, especially Twitter, without suspending it. Like, disable the login for a day, but I am still on the platform. The electric fences I put up myself never work.
I want this for League of Legends. Disable my account for 2 days, one week, one month etc. I don't want to lose the progress I made in the game by deleting the account completely but I also want to focus on my finals for a while.
What I really need is a way to lock myself out of the account, especially Twitter, without suspending it. Like, disable the login for a day, but I am still on the platform. The electric fences I put up myself never work.
Or developing self control??
Surely it's like saying bottles need to be harder to get into because I like drinking alcohol too much...
Or cars need to accelerate slower because I love speeding and can't resist permanently holding down the accelerator pedal, even at risk to my own health and wellbeing
In my view this is Instagram providing platitudes in an attempt get ahead of a growing consensus that social media is bad for people and society overall The harm inflicted by social media is infinitely more complex and sinister than a simple count of likes on posts.
I stopped begging for approval from the masses, I stopped going to Reddit to get "advice" from people who only seek to chastise me.
In my view this is Instagram providing platitudes in an attempt get ahead of a growing consensus that social media is bad for people and society overall The harm inflicted by social media is infinitely more complex and sinister than a simple count of likes on posts.
I'll give it another 5 years before social media is viewed on the same level as cigarettes. The best thing I've ever done for my mental health was deleting social media. I realize I'm not significant enough to argue of other people about my own life. As long as you're not harming anyone else you're free to do whatever you want. Social media says no you have to shape your entire life around what people you'll never me…
Still lurk on Reddit but no account there so I can't wade in to the comments.
HN is the only forum I actively participate in.
What I really need is a way to lock myself out of the account, especially Twitter, without suspending it. Like, disable the login for a day, but I am still on the platform. The electric fences I put up myself never work.
Simple solution : random password that you don’t save anywhere. Now you must rely on account recovery to log back in. If you feel more safe, you can also print it and store it in a drawer :)
What I really need is a way to lock myself out of the account, especially Twitter, without suspending it. Like, disable the login for a day, but I am still on the platform. The electric fences I put up myself never work.
Have you tried just not using it?? Or developing self control?? Surely it's like saying bottles need to be harder to get into because I like drinking alcohol too much... Or cars need to accelerate slower because I love speeding and can't resist permanently holding down the accelerator pedal, even at risk to my own health and wellbeing
Not being able to self control is exactly what defines an addiction.
Instagram can actually be a nice place, if used as a platform to look at cool pictures and not at all as a social network. I never added any friends or family, I just follow accounts and topics I'm interested in. So my feed is almost entirely pixel art, cool architecture, and retro console mods, and it's very pleasant. Considering they're Facebook-owned, I see surprisingly little effort to cram low-effort garbage dow…
Insane, simply for scrolling through pictures. I think it tells you a lot.