Tell other people that you care about your intentions to quit social media. Might give you some motivation to not end up doing what you said you wouldn't do. S

Tell other people that you care about your intentions to quit social media. Might give you some motivation to not end up doing what you said you wouldn't do. Since it's HN, here's a technical solution. Make it a bit difficult to access social media, enough for it to be a pain in the ass. Use a PiHole and block the domains on your network, and in your hosts files. AdGuard Home ships with a toggle dashboard for dozens of social media sites, too. Go a step further and either use a DNS blocker on your phone, or VPN into a network with a PiHole. There are apps for Android and iOS that let you do this, as well, and there are plugins for desktop browsers. Mobile browsers also have similar plugins, and I think you can block specific websites if you dig around the OS or browser settings, too. You can further block the domains with browser ad blockers like uMatrix or NoScript. Also use 2-factor authentication via an authenticator app on an old phone or tablet, and put it somewhere inconvenient. If you want to go on Facebook, you'll have to disable your browser blocking settings, disable your ad blocker, then edit your hosts file, and then log into your DNS server and change its settings, etc. If you end up actually going on it, log in with a private browser window so you can't rely on cookies to get you back in easily.