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I would really like to do that, but honestly, I don't think I could get by without google maps and either uber or lyft. Looking through my smart phone, those a

by d23 9y ago

I would really like to do that, but honestly, I don't think I could get by without google maps and either uber or lyft. Looking through my smart phone, those are seriously the only applications I need. The other 60+ apps I could do without.

nxc18 9y ago
Why don’t you prove it and delete the 60 unnecessary apps. Goodness knows every single one is tracking you in some way or another or waiting to trick you with some dark pattern. This isn’t meant to be sassy or to criticize you. I have similarly trimmed back all of the apps I don’t regularly use or rely on.
- EADGBE 9y ago
  No. Throw the baby out with the bathwater; they said. I've deleted and re-installed Facebook countless times. It doesn't make me any holier, but having the choice of it there and choosing to go without seems like a stronger fight.
  - ckosidows 9y ago
    I've told this to a lot of people around me... unfollow everyone on Facebook. This does two things: 1. No more facebook feed 2. No more facebook ads You still get to keep messenger as an extended contact book, people can still tag you in stupid things and pictures, you don't have to have that awkward conversation telling people you're no longer on facebook. I guarantee you'll never feel like you miss your feed. Nobody even has to know you've unfollowed them. I've quit facebook twice and they didn't last. But I've had no feed for months now and I don't see myself going back.
    - EADGBE 9y ago
      Interesting idea. Funny that it removes ads, too. > I guarantee you'll never feel like you miss your feed. Nobody even has to know you've unfollowed them. I just have messenger on my phone, right now. It's a nice solution to most of these problems for me. But most of my facebook tags happen directly in Messenger vs. someone's post that I have to go look at.
    - sideshowb 9y ago
      I tried this once and I think the algorithm just readjusted weights or something because I still see friends on my news feed. For desktop I have used the social fixer plugin though no longer do Still haven't found the answer tbh My most recent approach is to start blogging. If I like writing about interesting stuff I might as well do it properly.
    - Balero 9y ago
      I too have done this. It's great, you still have access to everything, I use the events quite a lot. But the easy mindless discovery is gone, I spend much less time (1/100th) on it as i used too, I also don't have the app on my phone (just messenger)
    - rdruxn 9y ago
      Why not just get a browser extension to hide your newsfeed? Seems like a much simpler solution than unfollowing your entire friend list.
      - ckosidows 9y ago
        Because that doesn't work on chrome for mobile, as far as I know.
    - matte_black 9y ago
      The good news is after having no feed for well over a year I can now imagine just deleting Facebook and never coming back. Only reason I don’t is because it’s a decent way to reach people, but once that’s no longer the case, it’s gone.
  - rabidrat 9y ago
    That's true, the general recommendation for drug addicts is to keep their drug of choice in their home and within an arm's reach, so that they can exercise their willpower for the sake of the stronger fight. Someday you'll be strong enough to break free! Keep at it!
    - EADGBE 9y ago
      If you're addicted to the phone, mine is obviously the wrong recommendation. If you're addicted to one specific service or industry of the phone, then perhaps it's a better solution.
    - vog 9y ago
      > the general recommendation for drug addicts is to keep their drug of choice in their home and within an arm's reach, so that they can exercise their willpower for the sake of the stronger fight Is that really true? Where did you get that from? It's exactly the opposite about I've learned about how to help drug addicts. There is, however, the advice that for drugs which can't be quickly reduced to zero for medical reasons, those should be stowed by a close friend (depending on the situation), who then ensures the dosis is reduced over time in a proper way. The advantage is that the reduction of dosis is enforced by other person, and that if the addict temporarily needs a higher dosis for specific reasons, they might get it, but first have to discuss another person.
      - rabidrat 9y ago
        Yes, sorry, I thought I was being obviously facetious. That strategy obviously does not work for drug addicts, so how would it work for phone addicts?

by d23 9y ago

nxc18 9y ago

Why don’t you prove it and delete the 60 unnecessary apps. Goodness knows every single one is tracking you in some way or another or waiting to trick you with some dark pattern. This isn’t meant to be sassy or to criticize you. I have similarly trimmed back all of the apps I don’t regularly use or rely on.

EADGBE 9y ago
No. Throw the baby out with the bathwater; they said. I've deleted and re-installed Facebook countless times. It doesn't make me any holier, but having the choice of it there and choosing to go without seems like a stronger fight.
- ckosidows 9y ago
  I've told this to a lot of people around me... unfollow everyone on Facebook. This does two things: 1. No more facebook feed 2. No more facebook ads You still get to keep messenger as an extended contact book, people can still tag you in stupid things and pictures, you don't have to have that awkward conversation telling people you're no longer on facebook. I guarantee you'll never feel like you miss your feed. Nobody even has to know you've unfollowed them. I've quit facebook twice and they didn't last. But I've had no feed for months now and I don't see myself going back.
  - EADGBE 9y ago
    Interesting idea. Funny that it removes ads, too. > I guarantee you'll never feel like you miss your feed. Nobody even has to know you've unfollowed them. I just have messenger on my phone, right now. It's a nice solution to most of these problems for me. But most of my facebook tags happen directly in Messenger vs. someone's post that I have to go look at.
  - sideshowb 9y ago
    I tried this once and I think the algorithm just readjusted weights or something because I still see friends on my news feed. For desktop I have used the social fixer plugin though no longer do Still haven't found the answer tbh My most recent approach is to start blogging. If I like writing about interesting stuff I might as well do it properly.
  - Balero 9y ago
    I too have done this. It's great, you still have access to everything, I use the events quite a lot. But the easy mindless discovery is gone, I spend much less time (1/100th) on it as i used too, I also don't have the app on my phone (just messenger)
  - rdruxn 9y ago
    Why not just get a browser extension to hide your newsfeed? Seems like a much simpler solution than unfollowing your entire friend list.
    - ckosidows 9y ago
      Because that doesn't work on chrome for mobile, as far as I know.
  - matte_black 9y ago
    The good news is after having no feed for well over a year I can now imagine just deleting Facebook and never coming back. Only reason I don’t is because it’s a decent way to reach people, but once that’s no longer the case, it’s gone.
- rabidrat 9y ago
  That's true, the general recommendation for drug addicts is to keep their drug of choice in their home and within an arm's reach, so that they can exercise their willpower for the sake of the stronger fight. Someday you'll be strong enough to break free! Keep at it!
  - EADGBE 9y ago
    If you're addicted to the phone, mine is obviously the wrong recommendation. If you're addicted to one specific service or industry of the phone, then perhaps it's a better solution.
  - vog 9y ago
    > the general recommendation for drug addicts is to keep their drug of choice in their home and within an arm's reach, so that they can exercise their willpower for the sake of the stronger fight Is that really true? Where did you get that from? It's exactly the opposite about I've learned about how to help drug addicts. There is, however, the advice that for drugs which can't be quickly reduced to zero for medical reasons, those should be stowed by a close friend (depending on the situation), who then ensures the dosis is reduced over time in a proper way. The advantage is that the reduction of dosis is enforced by other person, and that if the addict temporarily needs a higher dosis for specific reasons, they might get it, but first have to discuss another person.
    - rabidrat 9y ago
      Yes, sorry, I thought I was being obviously facetious. That strategy obviously does not work for drug addicts, so how would it work for phone addicts?