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A guide to reduce screen time

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Re: A guide to reduce screen time

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Post by Wojtkie »

doright wrote: post #46

It's not like TikTok has a 100% chance of hypnotizing you into a zombie that can only spend its waking hours thinking about dancing people and positive vibes. Only a very high chance, depending on how anxious/bored you are, amplified by the hard work of psychology PhDs. It's so difficult to imagine the mindset of a person who can approach TikTok from a healthy perspective and not need to rely on what used to be calle…

Something minor that I found to greatly impact my screen usage was to remove all the icons from my phone so that I am forced to search for the app. That minor bit of friction was able to reduce my habitual usage by 70~80%

Re: A guide to reduce screen time

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Post by MarcelOlsz »

Geeek wrote: post #68
MarcelOlsz wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm going to pivot into being a full-time techno shabbas goy if this movement gets large enough. I'll join the legions of dog-walkers and apartment-sitters.

Or just go hang out with friends, that's what I do. I get to hang out with people I like, people I like a little less, people I agree with, people I disagree with it. It makes me for a more humble and understanding person.

It was a joke.

Re: A guide to reduce screen time

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Post by dopidopHN »

f_allwein wrote: post #69
doright wrote: post #46

It's not like TikTok has a 100% chance of hypnotizing you into a zombie that can only spend its waking hours thinking about dancing people and positive vibes. Only a very high chance, depending on how anxious/bored you are, amplified by the hard work of psychology PhDs. It's so difficult to imagine the mindset of a person who can approach TikTok from a healthy perspective and not need to rely on what used to be calle…

I don’t use TikTok at all. AMA.

HN and signal groups are my only social media.

I’m very social. I don’t think I miss much notification of “stuff to do”

( signal groups : large groups hitting the 1000 member limit. With drastic moderations. Example : only music flyer. Anything else is deleted under minutes )

Re: A guide to reduce screen time

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Post by sdsd »

ivansavz wrote: post #41

One thing that has been working really well for me this year is the "internet Shabbat" rule: 24 hours of no TCP/IP every week. Friday night I pull the plug on the modem + turn off data on my phone, then enjoy all of Saturday in a disconnected mode. I can still be on the computer, just no internet. It's amazing how much things I get done... it literally feels like I have two days instead of one. If I put a item like "…

> 24 hours of no TCP/IP every week

But streaming, games, and all the other distracting stuff is mostly UDP! /s

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Post by RadiozRadioz »

grigri907 wrote: post #70
f_allwein wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don’t use TikTok at all. AMA.

I think the challenge is to use TikTok, but to use it in moderation.

I don't think that's a worthwhile challenge. Either you fail and get addicted, or you succeed and... what? Spend some of your free time watching low quality micro videos and being advertised to by teenagers? I don't see the upside here.

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Post by Funes- »

StefanBatory wrote: post #32
yunwal wrote: post #30

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“Been there, done that” usually implies that it didn’t work or that you’re repeating old, no longer useful information.

Ah, sorry then. I thought that idiom has different meaning, thank you for correcting me.

On top of that, which is absolutely true, saying "listen to the person above me" (instead of something along the lines of "guys/to anyone reading this, listen to...") while replying directly to someone makes it seem like you're exhorting them--that you're advising them to look for some other reply that runs counter to their point, instead of addressing the general HN crowd. "I thought that'd help me, but..." also seems to counter their point further instead of agreeing with it.

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Post by brainzap »

doright wrote: post #46

It's not like TikTok has a 100% chance of hypnotizing you into a zombie that can only spend its waking hours thinking about dancing people and positive vibes. Only a very high chance, depending on how anxious/bored you are, amplified by the hard work of psychology PhDs. It's so difficult to imagine the mindset of a person who can approach TikTok from a healthy perspective and not need to rely on what used to be calle…

I found that a 2 minute forced pause is enough to kick me out of the hypnose. I need an app for this.
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