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What I really need is a way to lock myself out of the account, especially Twitter, without suspending it. Like, disable the login for a day, but I am still on t

by papito 5y ago

What I really need is a way to lock myself out of the account, especially Twitter, without suspending it. Like, disable the login for a day, but I am still on the platform. The electric fences I put up myself never work.

david_allison 5y ago
Sounds similar to the concept of 'self-exclusion' in the UK gambling industry: https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/for-the-public/Safer-gambling/Self-exclusion.aspx https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/for-the-public/Safer-g...
gzimhelshani 5y ago
I want this for League of Legends. Disable my account for 2 days, one week, one month etc. I don't want to lose the progress I made in the game by deleting the account completely but I also want to focus on my finals for a while.
- pjerem 5y ago
  See my answer above :)
headmelted 5y ago
This is all anecdotal but I committed social media digicide a short while ago because I didn’t like how it was affecting my life. Constantly checking for likes, feeling an urge to participate in conversations to feel like “an important voice”. I got to the point where it wasn’t just directly affecting me but also the amount of attention I was giving my kids had dropped enough that I was mad at myself for becoming “that dad”. I made sure the github stayed live (with some pointers towards currently supported alternatives) so that anyone relying on that (now redundant) work wouldn’t be left high and dry - other than that I just quietly took my online presence down. I feel like I’ve lost nothing and have been much happier since.
- mattgreenrocks 5y ago
  I found myself fantasizing about social media digicide, so I went for it. Totally worth it. You’ll know when you’re ready for it. I do miss keeping in touch with some older friends via my FB account. There is certainly a cost.
  - headmelted 5y ago
    I can see how this could weigh on some people, and everyone's situation is different, but in my case it was just slices of other people's political views and (more often than not) photos of their pets and their lunch. In my case I just figured if I've lost touch with people over the years there's probably a reason. I don't mean that in any ill or dramatic way, and it's equally true from their side too. I'm not sure it's that different from an amicable break-up with a partner in that you can naturally drift apart from other people and say "hey you're going that way, I'm going this way, best of luck with everything". Honestly I thought losing connections with people I actually did have some history with and knew well many years ago was going to be the unfortunate cost of getting off of Facebook. As it turns out, not so much. Clinging too much to the past wastes the present, and life isn't that long to begin with.
    - moneywoes 5y ago
      That last part really hit me. Since deleting Instagram there’s definitely people I haven’t talked too but I wonder if it would’ve been beneficial to talk to them at all. Am I missing out?
  - wilsonthewhale 5y ago
    You can have a "Messenger-only" FB account, which would allow you to keep in touch with said friends.
    - sneak 5y ago
      I'd still have an FB social account if I could have disabled Messenger; people insisted on messaging me there even though I'd log in like once per month. I deleted my actual FB just to get people to stop trying to contact me on Messenger, because it was impossible to turn off.
pjerem 5y ago
Simple solution : random password that you don’t save anywhere. Now you must rely on account recovery to log back in. If you feel more safe, you can also print it and store it in a drawer :)
- papito 5y ago
  Yeah, I've done it.
- TimonKnigge 5y ago
  As an extra step you could also redirect the relevant domain to `0.0.0.0` in your `/etc/hosts`.
72deluxe 5y ago
Have you tried just not using it?? Or developing self control?? Surely it's like saying bottles need to be harder to get into because I like drinking alcohol too much... Or cars need to accelerate slower because I love speeding and can't resist permanently holding down the accelerator pedal, even at risk to my own health and wellbeing
- pjerem 5y ago
  It’s not that simple, it’s now well known that social media addiction is a thing. Not being able to self control is exactly what defines an addiction.
  - 72deluxe 5y ago
    There are all manner of addictions that can be "assisted"/made worse with technology. The solution isn't in the technology though - it surely starts with the person?? Should my toaster warn me if I use it too often in an hour? I might put weight on with all that toast I am eating. Should my coffee machine warn me if I make too many coffees? I might have too much caffeine and suffer heart problems. Should my app warn me if I use it too much? I might be a workaholic and spend too much time in Excel. Who is in control of the toaster? Me or the toaster? Who is in control of the coffee machine? Me or the coffee machine? Who is in control of the phone/PC/app? Me or the phone/PC/app?
- hhh 5y ago
  I don’t think this is a fair comparison. Phones are on people essentially 24/7 now, there are few/no times where you are not connected. For alcoholism, a fair comparison would be a flask that buzzes to remind you it’s there and tell you there’s something you should check inside. Telling people to just ‘develop self control’ is extremely hard when on a societal scale, these services are becoming increasingly interwoven with daily life and participation in wider society. Opting out is an active choice to move against the grain, and you could suffer socially for it. This isn’t something that should weigh on one person alone.
  - 72deluxe 5y ago
mensetmanusman 5y ago
Lots of young adult catholics in my area have started including social media in their list of things to practice will over (to improve well being, grow in empathy, etc.). E.g. It has been a regular practice for the last two millennia to fast on Friday from some subset of enjoyable activity. It’s interesting to watch ancient cultures start to contemplate social media and suggest healthy behaviors towards it, a technology that is only about a decade old. I have to keep reminding myself that the world we live in is an infant, and social media will exist in a century, but our relationship to it will be very different than it is now.
- xwdv 5y ago
  Wow, imagine major religions eventually taking the next step to building their own official social media ecosystems, built by programmer priests.
  - mensetmanusman 5y ago
    Yeah, I like to imagine programmer monks hidden away working on assembly language for thousands of years. Reminds me of the book Anathem (great book, tons of Catholic imagery)
    - xwdv 5y ago
      That would be awesome! The catholic church certainly has the resources to do that kind of thing, and churches are already like a sort of social network, so they have a very captive audience. They are in a unique position to create a social network that doesn't need to monetize through any kind of ads or data collection, and I imagine their status as a religious organization can even get them tax breaks.
tayo42 5y ago
The app stay focused on Android is great for this. It blocks opening apps or websites based on a schedule. Really helped kill my endless scroll habit. I found I do the empty fridge thing with these apps. I'm sure there's others on ios too

by papito 5y ago

david_allison 5y ago

Sounds similar to the concept of 'self-exclusion' in the UK gambling industry: https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/for-the-public/Safer-gambling/Self-exclusion.aspx https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/for-the-public/Safer-g...

gzimhelshani 5y ago

I want this for League of Legends. Disable my account for 2 days, one week, one month etc. I don't want to lose the progress I made in the game by deleting the account completely but I also want to focus on my finals for a while.

pjerem 5y ago
See my answer above :)

headmelted 5y ago

This is all anecdotal but I committed social media digicide a short while ago because I didn’t like how it was affecting my life. Constantly checking for likes, feeling an urge to participate in conversations to feel like “an important voice”. I got to the point where it wasn’t just directly affecting me but also the amount of attention I was giving my kids had dropped enough that I was mad at myself for becoming “that dad”. I made sure the github stayed live (with some pointers towards currently supported alternatives) so that anyone relying on that (now redundant) work wouldn’t be left high and dry - other than that I just quietly took my online presence down. I feel like I’ve lost nothing and have been much happier since.

mattgreenrocks 5y ago
I found myself fantasizing about social media digicide, so I went for it. Totally worth it. You’ll know when you’re ready for it. I do miss keeping in touch with some older friends via my FB account. There is certainly a cost.
- headmelted 5y ago
  I can see how this could weigh on some people, and everyone's situation is different, but in my case it was just slices of other people's political views and (more often than not) photos of their pets and their lunch. In my case I just figured if I've lost touch with people over the years there's probably a reason. I don't mean that in any ill or dramatic way, and it's equally true from their side too. I'm not sure it's that different from an amicable break-up with a partner in that you can naturally drift apart from other people and say "hey you're going that way, I'm going this way, best of luck with everything". Honestly I thought losing connections with people I actually did have some history with and knew well many years ago was going to be the unfortunate cost of getting off of Facebook. As it turns out, not so much. Clinging too much to the past wastes the present, and life isn't that long to begin with.
  - moneywoes 5y ago
    That last part really hit me. Since deleting Instagram there’s definitely people I haven’t talked too but I wonder if it would’ve been beneficial to talk to them at all. Am I missing out?
- wilsonthewhale 5y ago
  You can have a "Messenger-only" FB account, which would allow you to keep in touch with said friends.
  - sneak 5y ago
    I'd still have an FB social account if I could have disabled Messenger; people insisted on messaging me there even though I'd log in like once per month. I deleted my actual FB just to get people to stop trying to contact me on Messenger, because it was impossible to turn off.

pjerem 5y ago

Simple solution : random password that you don’t save anywhere. Now you must rely on account recovery to log back in. If you feel more safe, you can also print it and store it in a drawer :)

papito 5y ago
Yeah, I've done it.
TimonKnigge 5y ago
As an extra step you could also redirect the relevant domain to `0.0.0.0` in your `/etc/hosts`.

72deluxe 5y ago

Have you tried just not using it?? Or developing self control?? Surely it's like saying bottles need to be harder to get into because I like drinking alcohol too much... Or cars need to accelerate slower because I love speeding and can't resist permanently holding down the accelerator pedal, even at risk to my own health and wellbeing

pjerem 5y ago
It’s not that simple, it’s now well known that social media addiction is a thing. Not being able to self control is exactly what defines an addiction.
- 72deluxe 5y ago
  There are all manner of addictions that can be "assisted"/made worse with technology. The solution isn't in the technology though - it surely starts with the person?? Should my toaster warn me if I use it too often in an hour? I might put weight on with all that toast I am eating. Should my coffee machine warn me if I make too many coffees? I might have too much caffeine and suffer heart problems. Should my app warn me if I use it too much? I might be a workaholic and spend too much time in Excel. Who is in control of the toaster? Me or the toaster? Who is in control of the coffee machine? Me or the coffee machine? Who is in control of the phone/PC/app? Me or the phone/PC/app?
hhh 5y ago
I don’t think this is a fair comparison. Phones are on people essentially 24/7 now, there are few/no times where you are not connected. For alcoholism, a fair comparison would be a flask that buzzes to remind you it’s there and tell you there’s something you should check inside. Telling people to just ‘develop self control’ is extremely hard when on a societal scale, these services are becoming increasingly interwoven with daily life and participation in wider society. Opting out is an active choice to move against the grain, and you could suffer socially for it. This isn’t something that should weigh on one person alone.
- 72deluxe 5y ago

mensetmanusman 5y ago

Lots of young adult catholics in my area have started including social media in their list of things to practice will over (to improve well being, grow in empathy, etc.). E.g. It has been a regular practice for the last two millennia to fast on Friday from some subset of enjoyable activity. It’s interesting to watch ancient cultures start to contemplate social media and suggest healthy behaviors towards it, a technology that is only about a decade old. I have to keep reminding myself that the world we live in is an infant, and social media will exist in a century, but our relationship to it will be very different than it is now.

xwdv 5y ago
Wow, imagine major religions eventually taking the next step to building their own official social media ecosystems, built by programmer priests.
- mensetmanusman 5y ago
  Yeah, I like to imagine programmer monks hidden away working on assembly language for thousands of years. Reminds me of the book Anathem (great book, tons of Catholic imagery)
  - xwdv 5y ago
    That would be awesome! The catholic church certainly has the resources to do that kind of thing, and churches are already like a sort of social network, so they have a very captive audience. They are in a unique position to create a social network that doesn't need to monetize through any kind of ads or data collection, and I imagine their status as a religious organization can even get them tax breaks.

tayo42 5y ago

The app stay focused on Android is great for this. It blocks opening apps or websites based on a schedule. Really helped kill my endless scroll habit. I found I do the empty fridge thing with these apps. I'm sure there's others on ios too