I really like this article, it's full of good points and it's definitely a huge real problem, but I do think better tools for users are the better (and easier)

I really like this article, it's full of good points and it's definitely a huge real problem, but I do think better tools for users are the better (and easier) route to fixing this. Personally I find every time that my biggest problem beating this is that it makes distraction totally automatic; I open facebook without even thinking about it. I have a reasonably good level of willpower when I'm actively making the decision, but I find as soon as I'm a bit bored or distracted or doing something I don't really want to do then suddenly I'm on my third buzzfeed article that somebody posted on facebook, and half an hour's disappeared down the drain. Painful. It's the constantly compulsive going to check facebook part that's the real problem, imo, rather than the staying on it too long. I'm not too sure how regulation is really going to help you pull that back, even with the ideas proposed here. Excellent point about the existing tools not being accessible to the non-tech crowd though, even though the problem is universal; that's definitely been my impression of the current audience. Not sure why though; any idea what they're doing wrong? What do we need to do to get everybody using Build Focus/RescueTime/ForestApp/etc to help your average person stop losing time to facebook too, instead of just the productivity hackers? [Disclaimer: I'm actually the creator of Build Focus (http://www.buildfocus.io http://www.buildfocus.io), so I do have a little skin in this game]