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If you are not going to take the steps of ceasing to use some of these things... one of the best things you can do is disable all forms of mobile app notificat

If you are not going to take the steps of ceasing to use some of these things... one of the best things you can do is disable all forms of mobile app notification from twitter, facebook, instagram apps. do not enable anything that brings itself to your attention and requires an action like swipe-down from android top menu, look at notification, possibly click on it. only view the content of whatever is in the app when you specifically choose to open it. I find these days that I get much more value out of a private signal chat group that has about 50 people in it, all of whom have notifications for the group turned off and leave messages/post things asynchronously (almost exactly as you might see people using IRC for in 1998), than the big company run social media. At any given time there might be 4-5 active people in it since everyone is busy with careers, real life, and are spread out across almost all of the world's timezones.

indymike 5y ago
> one of the best things you can do is disable all forms of mobile app notification from twitter, facebook, instagram apps. This is the trick. When you engage communication on your own terms, the outcomes are better - for you, and often for the rest of the world. Facebook looks totally different when you aren't just reacting. Much easier to focus on the things you really are interested in instead of what the algorithm wants you to pay attention to.
- simonebrunozzi 5y ago
  > one of the best things you can do is disable all forms of mobile app notification from twitter, facebook, instagram apps. Came to say the same thing. The only notification I have on my phone is SMS, and thankfully very few people send me SMS these days.
  - civilized 5y ago
    I don't get many either but I'd still love a feature that delayed SMS notifications for everyone except my wife to once per day.
- debaserab2 5y ago
  I'd even add email for that matter. It's not the same as social media addiction but it plays on the same impulses. Turning off email notifications greatly improved my ability to compartmentalize work and personal time.
  - browningstreet 5y ago
    And the badge, turn off the badge count as well.
belkinpower 5y ago
I tried this, but had the opposite problem. With push notifications turned off, I constantly feel the urge to check the app to see if there’s anything new. With them turned on it’s easier to ignore the app unless someone actually messages me.
civilized 5y ago
> one of the best things you can do is disable all forms of mobile app notification from twitter, facebook, instagram apps. Yes. I feel the need to do this viscerally and always have. To be acceptable, a push notification would have to warn me of impending death or severe injury. All other push notifications are evil. You might as well be snorting meth. Social media should be consumed once a day, when your brain is too tired to do anything else. Also, I want to join your signal group.

indymike 5y ago

> one of the best things you can do is disable all forms of mobile app notification from twitter, facebook, instagram apps. This is the trick. When you engage communication on your own terms, the outcomes are better - for you, and often for the rest of the world. Facebook looks totally different when you aren't just reacting. Much easier to focus on the things you really are interested in instead of what the algorithm wants you to pay attention to.

simonebrunozzi 5y ago
> one of the best things you can do is disable all forms of mobile app notification from twitter, facebook, instagram apps. Came to say the same thing. The only notification I have on my phone is SMS, and thankfully very few people send me SMS these days.
- civilized 5y ago
  I don't get many either but I'd still love a feature that delayed SMS notifications for everyone except my wife to once per day.
debaserab2 5y ago
I'd even add email for that matter. It's not the same as social media addiction but it plays on the same impulses. Turning off email notifications greatly improved my ability to compartmentalize work and personal time.
- browningstreet 5y ago
  And the badge, turn off the badge count as well.

belkinpower 5y ago

I tried this, but had the opposite problem. With push notifications turned off, I constantly feel the urge to check the app to see if there’s anything new. With them turned on it’s easier to ignore the app unless someone actually messages me.

civilized 5y ago

> one of the best things you can do is disable all forms of mobile app notification from twitter, facebook, instagram apps. Yes. I feel the need to do this viscerally and always have. To be acceptable, a push notification would have to warn me of impending death or severe injury. All other push notifications are evil. You might as well be snorting meth. Social media should be consumed once a day, when your brain is too tired to do anything else. Also, I want to join your signal group.