How I limit social media
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How I limit social media
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#2I've recently gone "cold turkey" off of Reddit and I've noticed a big boost in my general mood. Also, it's always nice to see someone I know on the HN front page. Hi Toto! :waves:
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#3I've recently gone "cold turkey" off of Reddit and I've noticed a big boost in my general mood. Also, it's always nice to see someone I know on the HN front page. Hi Toto! :waves:
Same, and it feels good. Although I miss engaging in some niche communities from time to time.
Other tips I have: on Android, you can hide certain apps from the app overview and block notifications.
For example, sometimes I want to go on Instagram to look something up (event info for example), but to do so I have to go to settings, list of all apps, find Instagram, click 'open'. This prevents me successfully from mindlessly opening it and getting stuck on the feed for at least half an hour.
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#4I prefer limiting social media by changing my mindset. I find good things to do and look at, and refuse to be served up by algorithms.
For Facebook, I made my bookmark shortcut lead directly to my own profile/feed. (I have to use it, it's a staple for my business in my country, unfortunately.) I don't watch other feeds, ever. Occasionally I answer messages from friends.
I never got into using twitter, perhaps for the best. I find it hard to invest in platforms that are huge conglomerates of people.
The only "doom-scrolly" thing I have left is reddit. So I've completely curated it with small subreddits highly focused on the skills and interests I want to develop, and things that cheer me up and I want to see. I never look out. It can still be a productivity drain, but it's nice.
People should be more adamant about making technology serve their needs, and customizing it so it does. This should be a mindset foundation.
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#5I prefer limiting social media by changing my mindset. I find good things to do and look at, and refuse to be served up by algorithms. For Facebook, I made my bookmark shortcut lead directly to my own profile/feed. (I have to use it, it's a staple for my business in my country, unfortunately.) I don't watch other feeds, ever. Occasionally I answer messages from friends. I never got into using twitter, perhaps for the…
Unfortunately since 3rd party reddit clients are not an option anymore, you don't have a choice to limit your attention to the subreddits you want to see
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#6I prefer limiting social media by changing my mindset. I find good things to do and look at, and refuse to be served up by algorithms. For Facebook, I made my bookmark shortcut lead directly to my own profile/feed. (I have to use it, it's a staple for my business in my country, unfortunately.) I don't watch other feeds, ever. Occasionally I answer messages from friends. I never got into using twitter, perhaps for the…
Unfortunately since 3rd party reddit clients are not an option anymore, you don't have a choice to limit your attention to the subreddits you want to see
Of course I do. I don't use Reddit on the phone, only on desktop. Phone is for reading ebooks, using maps when outside, and quickly searching for something in the browser.
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#7I've recently gone "cold turkey" off of Reddit and I've noticed a big boost in my general mood. Also, it's always nice to see someone I know on the HN front page. Hi Toto! :waves:
Same here. When the Apollo app was discontinued a few months ago, I completely quit Reddit. Put the Kindle app in the spot on my Homescreen. Muscle memory got me a reading streak that still lasts.
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#9I am reminded if Louis Wu in the Niven stories, who had to make the "wire" sufficiently hard to use that he could survive.
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#10How I limit social media:
I don't use them. End of story. And no, LinkedIn doesn't count imho, because it serves exactly two purposes, to have an easily pointed to, searchable, public CV and a communication channel for recruiters to try and get me interested.
And that's it. No FB, no Insta, no Twitter, no Tiktok, not even large Whatsapp or similar chat app groups (the biggest is my family channel).
And lo and behold: I live, and happily so. And get news just as fast as everyone else, because RSS feeds are a thing, and probably a bit faster than people who rely on their "social" media feed to tell them what's up, because my RSS feed is controlled by exactly one algorithm, and that's a for loop iterating over my list of feed-addresses ;-)