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« Reply #15 on: September 04, 2025 @885.29 »

Feel free to delete this if it is unhelpful. I have now quit consuming short form content as a whole (finally!!) and almost completely quit social media as a whole.

I found that using timer apps like apple's Screen time, or something akin to LeechBlock, is unhelpful for me because once I start, I find it hard to stop. It needs to be difficult for me to *access* the source of the problem.

First I deleted all of the apps that had enough content that I could "instant refresh" and get new content immediately. The only way for me to access these apps now is through a mobile browser, which they are not at all optimized for and it feels really clunky.

Second, I close the browser tabs as soon as I am done with them. My object permanence is terrible, so if i have to seek it out, I often forget about it.

Third, I mentally flag when I get the urge to pick up my phone. I write up a little mental report like "why do I feel the need? What else could fulfill this urge?"

That way, my brain often goes "i want to watch a video" --> "Why do I want to watch a video?" --> "I want to watch a video because I am too tired to do something mentally engaging but I still want to be entertained." --> "What else could fulfill this criteria?" --> Cross stitch and listening to music or catching up on the single podcast i listen to

Anyways hope this helps someone. Also update I stopped having my phone beside my bed altogether now. I've just been LARPing as a 90s kid who doesn't have internet access and gets stuck in video games a lot.
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« Reply #16 on: September 14, 2025 @369.98 »

X or twitter app

I used to be use it for fandoms but I found out that some fandoms are very toxic on twitter even if you are quiet and just enjoying others will randomly attack you since they can still see what you are posting.🤷‍♀️
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