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My Struggle with Doom Scrolling

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Post by Mainsail »

Sander3Utile wrote: post #284
hammock wrote: post #204

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What alarm clock did you get? Curious And great insight about the calendar. That's the #1 reason why I keep my phone near me (thereby facilitating all the unwanted behaviors)

Not op but I just got a home-pod mini and just ask Siri “Hey Siri - set an alarm for …” or “Hey Siri - what time is it”. Added benefit of not having a glowing LED light in my room at night

Okay, I've always hesitated to do this because Siri sometimes set some weird alarms for me. I'll have to give it another shot.

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Post by jmugan »

But there are fascinating things happening in the world, and there are stories I want to hear. I wish there was some way to see them without wading through all of the crap from people trying to influence my thinking.

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Post by loveiswork »

weast wrote: post #207
brushfoot wrote: post #123

Apps to fight apps has never worked for me. When I'm bored/tired enough, it becomes a game to disable my own restrictions. What works for me is removing the antecedent completely by charging my phone in another room at night. Now the battle is easier: Decide once a day to put it there, and track how many days you succeed. For me that's a lot easier than having it in my pocket, where the Internet is always a couple la…

I am currently working on a phone designed to reclaim the digital toolbox nature of the smartphone- access to maps, messages email etc, but with an e-paper display. There are some (albeit not so interface friendly) e readers with SIM cards, but I think there is great power in just having a screen that doesn't vibe with the oversaturated video and image based distractions we are so used to lugging around with us all t…

Are you working on the Mudita Kompakt or Minimal Phone?

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Post by annjose »

hirvi74 wrote: post #266
annjose wrote: post #257

I can totally relate to this feeling of frustration with doom scrolling - I was in the same boat a few months ago, especially with YouTube. Fortunately, I managed to break free from the cycle by tweaking a few settings in YT itself (no special browser extensions needed). These are the changes that helped me: Main settings that gave me a starting point: 1. Uninstalled YouTube app and now using only the browser version…

Oddly enough, a big help for me has been not using an adblocker for sites like Youtube. I can only watch so much before I just become enraged by the sheer number of ads in a 20 minute video that I just rage quit the app.

That's an interesting point. I get what you mean. I hate videos that start with an ad. And if the next video also has an ad, I am more likely to give up and go elsewhere. You are right, it is counter-intuitive, but it works.

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Post by annjose »

_tk_ wrote: post #74

I am struggling with this myself at the moment, but I find that just doing something else entirely - away from my phone or laptop - is way more effective than deleting apps. Activities like buying groceries, cooking, going for a walk etc all create a sensation when I'm done with them, that I enjoy a lot more than what I feel after an hour of scrolling.

Very true. Filling the time with non-scrolling enjoyable activities, particularly IRL is effective. It's like eating healthy - rather than stressing about what to remove from the plate, think about what you want to add to the plate and enjoy it.

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Post by lying4fun »

Modified3019 wrote: post #244
thinkling wrote: post #213

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> I think there is great power in just having a screen that doesn't vibe with the oversaturated video and image based distractions we are so used to Similarly (easier but less drastic) I’ve seen people turn their phone to grayscale mode to make the device less engaging and remind you that it’s a productivity device, not an entertainment device. On iOS you can do this through the Accessibility settings. (Settings > Di…

It’s possible to create a (greyscale) color filter toggle, as well as time based or app open/close activation with the iOS “shortcuts” automation: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W32pf_97onM

didn’t open the video, but you can also set double or triple tap on back of your iphone shortcut for this. i have a red filter set up for late night doom scrolling

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Post by alexey-salmin »

thinkling wrote: post #213
weast wrote: post #207

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I am currently working on a phone designed to reclaim the digital toolbox nature of the smartphone- access to maps, messages email etc, but with an e-paper display. There are some (albeit not so interface friendly) e readers with SIM cards, but I think there is great power in just having a screen that doesn't vibe with the oversaturated video and image based distractions we are so used to lugging around with us all t…

> I think there is great power in just having a screen that doesn't vibe with the oversaturated video and image based distractions we are so used to Similarly (easier but less drastic) I’ve seen people turn their phone to grayscale mode to make the device less engaging and remind you that it’s a productivity device, not an entertainment device. On iOS you can do this through the Accessibility settings. (Settings > Di…

I tried grayscale for a few months but it changed absolutely nothing. Videos are just as good as it turns out.

I would give a try to an e-ink based smartphone if there was a good one. The only reason I got a smartphone in the first place in 2020 was access to maps/taxi/banking apps which would work with any display. But given the grayscale experience I wonder if you get used to laggy e-ink videos as well.

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Post by alexey-salmin »

YinglingHeavy wrote: post #278
guiambros wrote: post #274

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> Apps to fight apps has never worked for me. When I'm bored/tired enough, it becomes a game to disable my own restrictions. OneSec [1] is the only one that worked for me. It's quick enough that I'm not tempted to disable it, yet annoying enough that makes me think twice if I really want to open app X for the third time today. Also it's just a polite nudge, rather than a full block, or condescending messages saying "…

It's as if no one realizes their phone as a monochrome mode, which can be set as an 'accessibility' shortcut via simple button press. Black and white kills the dopamine cycle and brings color back to your real life.

I guess it depends, grayscale changed nothing for me, I barely noticed the difference.

Or you're talking about literal black-and-white, as in 2 colors no grey?

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