I really don’t want to be on the mainstream internet as it exists today anymore. God it’s such a time sink especially for someone with unmedicated ADHD, i lose entire days to webnovels/reddit(ugh)/youtube everytime i open one of them. even this post took me an entire day to write because I kept getting distracted. even hexbear sometimes can be bad for this but there’s not as much content

how to i reduce browser usage? especially on phone, and maybe phone usage - i’m considering deleting my browser entirely but i’m concerned about whether i need to retain it for signing into things. But maybe this wouldn’t be a problem if I delete as many apps as humanly possible and only use my phone for texts and calls

Reddit is also a very tricky one because of just how much information is on it these days (sidenote I actually fucking hate this, destroy reddit and bring back niche forums). I’m wondering if there’s a way to handle this with ublock filters s.t. I can view posts individually but not subreddit feeds or the main page.

a more general question is - how do you throw off the shackles of the Algorithm

  • mattie [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    3 days ago

    This is something I’ve been experimenting with myself, frankly I feel since moving away from mainstream social media I feel no where near as obligated to my phone, but there’s still definitely some aaaaa I have shackled to it. Here are some of my things that I feel have helped?

    For desktop browsers (I use firefox):

    For mobile stuff (I use android, will somewhat only apply for that):

    • All the previously mentioned extensions are available on Firefox for Android
    • If you can, perhaps transition to a smaller phone. The smaller the screen, the less incentive there is to use it. I picked up a Pixel 2 for dirt cheap recently, popped LineageOS on it and it feels a lot less… loud?
    • Disable as many notifications as possible, except crucial ones. The less incentive/need to look at your phone and get distracted, the better
    • Something like a minimal launcher may help? https://f-droid.org/en/packages/eu.ottop.yamlauncher/
    • Find devices other than your phone to use for things. Get a cheapo watch with a timer, a cheapo MP3 player, a gameboy if you have it lying around or something, physical books from your local library? Again, the less you have to actually open your phone, the better.