Social media isn’t great for my mental wellbeing. And yet when I wait for composer to update, a test suite to run, etc, I find myself going to Facebook and scrolling at absolute fake sh*t. Yet a habit for whatever reason I can’t break. Today I logged out on my Mac. It’s a starting point. - ThreadSky

marty.friedel.au • 36 days ago

Social media isn’t great for my mental wellbeing.

And yet when I wait for composer to update, a test suite to run, etc, I find myself going to Facebook and scrolling at absolute fake sh*t.

Yet a habit for whatever reason I can’t break.

Today I logged out on my Mac. It’s a starting point.

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mitchdav.is•36 days ago

I just took a month off from any work-related social media for similar reasons, and it was really helpful!

Side bonus was I found myself being a lot more focused during work time as I wasn’t so distracted 🤓

marty.friedel.au•35 days ago

Good to see you back 🥳

I’m thinking one network is the maximum number - ie here - rather than trying so spread myself too thin or put up with insincere content.

I turn my phone face down sometimes during work: some apps I do want notifications but sometimes still need to focus.

joshhanley.au•36 days ago

Yep I was doing the same on my phone. Since I got my new phone in October, I haven’t put Facebook etc back on it, and it’s been great! Don’t look at Facebook for weeks at a time now

marty.friedel.au•36 days ago

It’s useful for Messenger, and I need it for gym stuff, but otherwise it’s total mindless nonsense, ads, influencers and fake AI crap.

I don’t have it on my phone - the only one I have is Bluesky.

Need a little “composer update” hobby haha

joshhanley.au•35 days ago

Yeah fair! I'm glad messenger is a separate app, so I still have that installed.

Haha yep if you come up with one, I'd love to know!

marty.friedel.au•35 days ago

I tried chess (thanks @kyledoes.dev) but can see myself getting too focused on a game of chess instead.

@michael.scruse.au 3D printed a little geometric puzzle but that's a brain tickler too that the completionist in me wouldn't settle with until it was finished haha

kyledoes.dev•36 days ago

I've been trying to swap social media scrolling with playing chess on https://chess.com It's not a great substitute but feels better than scrolling through random stuff.

marty.friedel.au•35 days ago

I’ll have to take a look at that. I’ve not played Chess in years (and IIRC sucked) - just need to make sure I know when to stop too haha

imlunahey.com•36 days ago

i’d highly suggest looking at custom feeds on here to help with that.

life’s a lot nicer when you’re only seeing cats and other happy things. 🫶

marty.friedel.au•35 days ago

Thanks Luna - I love how easy it can be to curate what I want to see here (and not be fed things based on what an algorithm wants me to see). It is so bizarre that companies like Meta and X have such disdain for a chronological timeline when it is the basis for what they are meant to be too.