How do I wean myself off of social media?

tikitheman · 2018-06-28T05:01:17+00:00

I deleted the apps off my phone turned off notifications and stay logged out.

I have to go to the facebook website and log on every time I want to check it. This has reduced my usage alot.

JamesP2018 · 2018-06-28T04:16:18+00:00

Limit what shows up in your feed. Make everything as boring and bland as you can. The newness and colorfulness of what pops up works like a mild euphoric. The rush you feel is dopamine receptors rewarding you for what you did/are doing.

spider514 · 2018-06-28T05:58:31+00:00

Disabled notifications. It helped me.

ilovevidya · 2018-06-28T11:40:22+00:00

You do not need to have instagram and facebook lol, photographers existed way before facebook bud

pugsonice · 2018-06-28T07:03:55+00:00

delete them.

manwithoutwire · 2018-06-28T04:12:57+00:00

Do it. Do it nooooooow.

Self-honest · 2018-06-28T12:05:20+00:00

Only use it when you need to. Do you have any self control?

SirKolbath · 2018-06-28T12:43:18+00:00

Download the app Quality Time from the android market and set limits on your social media apps. When I had Facebook I allowed myself to use it for twelve minutes per day. It won't stop the app from working. It'll just pop up a notice to remind you that you're at your self imposed limit. It's up to you to close the app and move on.

It also gives you a notification of how many screen unlocks you've done and what your most used app is. Mine is typically YouTube because I listen to documentaries while I'm working out or working.

MattyAnon · 2018-06-28T17:26:29+00:00

How do I wean myself off of social media?

Same as anything else: stop doing it.

but I’ve noticed I’ve been wasting too much time on these apps

Limit it to work only, for example 20 minutes every other day. Then close it down. Remove from phone. Remove automatic logins, etc.

abudun79 · 2018-06-28T05:01:27+00:00

Become a better photographer, so that you don't need that crap any longer.

If you need to attract people with a short attention span, using social media bullshit, looking at your pictures on their thumbnail sized phone screens, that does not speak for the quality of your pictures.

I know about 20 photographers of different ages. Some of them successful and making a very good living from it. Some are the opposite. Guess what!? The ones that are comercially very successful don't use social media crap at all. Experimented with it and saw how useless it is for their business. The ones not successful get a lot of likes and zero income from their time wasted on social media.

Title	How do I wean myself off of social media?
Author	notyourfathersfather
Upvotes	4
Comments	14
Date	June 28, 2018 4:06 AM UTC (8 years ago)
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