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[..] I find it really hard not to be distracted by technology (social media) [..] How can we fight this trend? There is an obvious solution for at least pa

by sasvari 11y ago

[..] I find it really hard not to be distracted by technology (social media) [..] How can we fight this trend? There is an obvious solution for at least part of the problem, isn't there?

wslh 11y ago
> There is an obvious solution for at least part of the problem, isn't there? Not without spending a lot of time configuring applications. Now I find Android more difficult to configure than Windows Advanced Server. For example, in the past Twitter only notified you about tweets for you, then they started to play with the discovery stuff and send you all kind of tweets that may interested you. Sure, I can go to the configuration and disable this stuff but only after realizing their notification behavior changed. Thing about this multiplied by many applications.
- mercurial 11y ago
  /etc/hosts is your friend.
- dublinben 11y ago
  Apps that you don't install can't bother you with notifications. The solution to your problem is readily apparent.
  - gurkendoktor 11y ago
    Even iTunes(!) posts "now playing" notifications by default nowadays. It's not trying to be useful, it's just a "look technology" demo. If you don't want to mess around with launchd, you have to disable these pointless interruptions for each new Mac app that you install. It's possible to silence all your devices, but even then it still affects the people around you. It's like insecure defaults - yes, you can RTFM and fix all the things in the house, but I wish I didn't have to.
- ohitsdom 11y ago
  I think the "obvious solution" hinted at was to get off social media. For me, I started to hate Facebook. Too much time spent on it, too little value. But enough value to not delete my account. I ended up deleting the mobile app and was shocked at how positively that impacted my habits. Now I'm only on Facebook a couple times a week, and it provides slight value while not becoming a time sink.
- juliangregorian 11y ago
  I have 2 user accounts on my computer for that reason: my normal, fucking-around, games, social media, etc. account and my "get work done" account. FWIW, I am posting this from my fucking-around account.

by sasvari 11y ago

[..] I find it really hard not to be distracted by technology (social media) [..] How can we fight this trend? There is an obvious solution for at least part of the problem, isn't there?

wslh 11y ago

> There is an obvious solution for at least part of the problem, isn't there? Not without spending a lot of time configuring applications. Now I find Android more difficult to configure than Windows Advanced Server. For example, in the past Twitter only notified you about tweets for you, then they started to play with the discovery stuff and send you all kind of tweets that may interested you. Sure, I can go to the configuration and disable this stuff but only after realizing their notification behavior changed. Thing about this multiplied by many applications.

mercurial 11y ago
/etc/hosts is your friend.
dublinben 11y ago
Apps that you don't install can't bother you with notifications. The solution to your problem is readily apparent.
- gurkendoktor 11y ago
  Even iTunes(!) posts "now playing" notifications by default nowadays. It's not trying to be useful, it's just a "look technology" demo. If you don't want to mess around with launchd, you have to disable these pointless interruptions for each new Mac app that you install. It's possible to silence all your devices, but even then it still affects the people around you. It's like insecure defaults - yes, you can RTFM and fix all the things in the house, but I wish I didn't have to.
ohitsdom 11y ago
I think the "obvious solution" hinted at was to get off social media. For me, I started to hate Facebook. Too much time spent on it, too little value. But enough value to not delete my account. I ended up deleting the mobile app and was shocked at how positively that impacted my habits. Now I'm only on Facebook a couple times a week, and it provides slight value while not becoming a time sink.
juliangregorian 11y ago
I have 2 user accounts on my computer for that reason: my normal, fucking-around, games, social media, etc. account and my "get work done" account. FWIW, I am posting this from my fucking-around account.