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> It's also not possible to fully check out from social media. Why not?
Hope it helps in remembering to call friend and family!
Otherwise everybody figuring out how to disable the infinite scrolling or control your own subscriptions gets punished by the dark-pattern-pushers through the legal system.
Unscramble ROT-13 in order to stop a full-page autoplaying video? Federal felony.
I used to be a hybrid user, mixing RSS feeds with scrolling a set of pages a few page downs. Now I only use RSS feeds. To keep it manageable, they can be configured to be updated once or twice a day and have set restrictions on sites or search terms. https://hnrss.org/frontpage works for me as a restriction for stories on this site, but it can also filter by points or other criteria as well. There are many mobile rea…
Now it's at most just websites, out of sight out of mind unless I'm really bored. Actually relevant or important information doesn't change that frequently, and I'd rather my favorite websites make a deliberate editorial effort to surface worthwhile stories I can check in on maybe once a week. The content drip, self selecting or not, is just too habit forming and not necessary at all.
There's a subreddit dedicated to something like this: https://old.reddit.com/r/digitalminimalism/ We are also building a non-algorithmic private social network if anyone's interested: https://waitlist-tx.pages.dev (Thanks to everyone who have already joined the waitlist and provided feedback)
don't you think any non algo social network eventually becomes an algo one? there will be a feed of some kind that you did not curate..
Edit: Raising VC funding is the main cause of enshittification. We don't plan on doing that. It is not gonna cost us that much to run - there are not many non-techies who are ready to quit dooms-scrolling. Techies go for sites like Mastodon. So it will be a small group of people who would find this useful and that's enough. It is something we have always wanted to build and building and maintaining is fun.
Another thing I’ve noticed about people, even when we’re talking in person. Whenever a topic arises that requires confirmation or something similar, they pull out their phone and start “googling.”
I’m OK with saying, “I don’t know.” I’ve stopped defending my opinions and let the conversation flow, and I listen. This is very liberating.
Of course, stopped non-critical notifications[2] a decade ago, and there are no social Apps on my phone.[3] I’m lucky to be able to stop a habit cold turkey. Of course, a little help from a blocker is beneficial at the beginning, but I can quickly get used to not using/visiting apps and websites.
I’ve forgotten who said it but here is how it goes, “Build up a network of people, tools, utilities, system to stay away from Algorithm.”
1. https://brajeshwar.com/2024/watch-tiny-handy-computer/
2. https://brajeshwar.com/2014/missing-step-productivity-activi...
> It's also not possible to fully check out from social media. Why not?
Some organizations use social media as their primary (if not their only) means of communicating with members. My gym, for example, uses Facebook to post day-to-day announcements.
There's a subreddit dedicated to something like this: https://old.reddit.com/r/digitalminimalism/ We are also building a non-algorithmic private social network if anyone's interested: https://waitlist-tx.pages.dev (Thanks to everyone who have already joined the waitlist and provided feedback)
How do you not understand that creating and participating in a Reddit focused on digital minimalism moves you overall in the complete opposite direction of digital minimalism?
The algorithm is far worse than people realize. It is a pan-platform behavioral nudge strategy to contain people to behave a specific way and box them in. It is an effective social credit score. After watching how it behaves across X, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube - its clear the recommendations and nudges are coordinated. It is more than likely there are secret data sharing agreements to enable it. Its insidious beca…
I wouldn't say they were nudged, but rather just addicted to engagement.
There are a lot more fun people out there, but ones shoveling misery are just really memorable. Have a wonderful day =3