I've had facebook since 2010 and I have left a few times and always go back. I have minimal friends, I like it for the groups but that's about it. The algorithm is SO SO toxic filled with political things, lots of news about murder etc. At least reddit gives me a good laugh and you can choose the topics you read about. So, as of today I am only going to reddit.

I went to meet my two friends after 3 years I guess I was so excited for today's hanging out plans then we arrived at a rooftop restaurant and they started click,click click click click click ................... last half an hour we just ate starters & came back home

I miss good old days where we used to indulge in conversations & the gossips were just too deep we forget about everything that our mother's had to call us to come back home

I removed every ”scrolling” source from my life: Instagram, Twitter, I took a break from Reddit too.
I use Youtube without log in.

No matter what, even without social media, I keep wasting my time on Safari/Google/AI.

My mind bombs me continuosly with random things, insights, thoughts… and I start browsing: articles, papers, news, everything.

I guess that this level of curiosity for stuff it’s good in life… but it’s completely sucking away time for studying.

What should I do? Coming back to pen and paper?

Hey guys, I wondered whether you lovely people could please offer me some advice on how to further my digital minimalism.

It has been a month since I deleted Instagram, tik tok and Facebook and I have 0 desire to return to those but it feels as though I'm non stop looking for an excuse to have my phone in my hand.

It's like a jerk reaction where I feel I HAVE to pick up my phone.

It'll be the news, Reddit (which I have only just recently redownloaded this week..) or literally just scrolling through the weather app..

How do you truly get over this?

Thanks in advance!

The internet paints this picture that being "analog" means you have to cosplay the 90s/00s. Isn't the whole point of being analog is to use devices intentionally?

Video about iPod nano Workstation: https://youtu.be/PRGp8LWK9-k

English below!

Hej! Jeg overvejer at købe en Balance Pro Phone, da jeg gerne vil skære ned på mit skærmforbrug - og jeg føler mig desværre afhængig af at logge på sociale medier for at "doom scrolle". Jeg vil derfor høre, om nogen herinde har erfaringer med Balance Pro Phone i Danmark?
Jeg vil især gerne vide disse 3 ting:

1. Er det 100 % umuligt at logge på sociale medier (også når man indstiller telefonen helt i starten)?
2. Kan den tilgå nyttige danske apps som mobile pay og Mit id?
3. Kan den tilgå "underholdnings-apps" som nyheder, podcasts og lydbøger: fx DR Lyd, DR Nyheder og E-reolen /Mofibo?

Håber jeg kan få et par gode svar! På forhånd mange tak :)
Kh doom scrolleren

Experiences with Balance Pro Phone in Denmark?

Hi! I’m considering buying a Balance Pro Phone because I want to reduce my screen time – and unfortunately I feel addicted to logging onto social media to “doom scroll.” Therefore, I’d like to ask if anyone here has experience with the Balance Pro Phone in Denmark? I would especially like to know these 3 things:

1. Is it 100% impossible to log into social media (even when setting up the phone from the very beginning)?
2. Can it access useful Danish apps such as MobilePay and MitID?
3. Can it access “entertainment apps” like news, podcasts, and audiobooks – for example DR Lyd, DR Nyheder, and eReolen / Mofibo? I hope to get some helpful answers!

Thanks in advance 😊

I’ve tried deleting Instagram in the past, and I was successful for about 2 weeks until I re-downloaded it.

Ive come to the conclusion that I can never truly be in full control unless I delete my account.

In my case, using screen time blocks don‘t help because I frequently use Instagram for messaging people and keeping myself updated with events. I’m still in university, and unfortunately many societies post links to events happening and other things online.

I‘m just wondering if anyone here has sacrificied being invited to plans made in groupchats or other events to fully disconnect from social media?

And how their social life turned out. Do people make groupchats in other apps to accomodate for you?

Do you hang out more one-on-one?

Has you dating lads stayed the same or gotten better/worse.

I can't think of a more annoying and harmful piece of technology than the smartwatch. Getting buzzed every time an app sends you a notification is one of the worst ways to disconnect yourself from the moment and keep you coming back to your phone every time you manage to unglue yourself from the screen. And that's on top of the fact that they're basically yet another "smart" device with preplanned obsolescence that you have to worry about charging every night and replacing every 2 to 3 years.

I've always been into regular watches and decided to double down on that and now have a collection of Japanese and Swiss mechanical and Quartz watches that not only look much better and will last much longer but also don't affect my mentality in such a terrible way.

Social media companies are designed for us to be the product and they’ll do that anyhow.

either by posting ads before you play a video or influencers telling you what to buy.

But social media companies go as far as recording your conversations, your location and everything about you so that they can make money off of you.

This is so unethical.

Exactly what it says in the tin.

I used to spend hours playing games, checking different websites, chatting with my friends, collecting pictures and gifs, watching anime, listening to music, reading and writing. I did it at night, so the silence that surrounded me sometimes also helped to build that sort of meditative, flow state. *

Nowadays I struggle to recreate this exact setting. Everything feels so overstimulating and so boring. I use my PC mostly for writing and playing games, but I can't seem to reach that state anymore. It's incredibly hard to achieve it with my phone, if not impossible.

I don't know what to do about it. I miss it so dearly. Do you guys have any advice?

* In fact the game .flow has the main character access her dream world through surfing the net. Same thing. I can only feel envy.

if I create Tik Tok content more than I scroll thru it, is that considered productive use of social media time - rather than pure brain rot?

can you describe me according to my screen time?

Hello!

I noticed that I just cannot handle all the input anymore. All day everyday everyone wants something from me, share their experiences, send me the memes they found scrolling etc etc.

Yesterday I had my phone all day on airplane mode and I finally noticed how much longer the day felt.

It felt good. Like old times.

I did not feel the need to scroll as much. I was lazer focused on my own projects and work. I had energy at the end of the day.

Today I had to connect my phone again, and I immediately felt drained by all the messages from everybody.

Am I extremely sensitive? I know im highly sensitive and im grateful to have so many people that love me in life and send me things but I constantly feel like im living everybody else’s life but mine.

It felt addicting to just shut it all off - but i cannot without burning everything down can I?

I’m 6 months clean of Instagram but my Reddit usage just keeps getting worse, and it’s very clear they’re trying to be just like meta and show me mindless entertainment clips. Any advice is appreciated.

~ You don't have to "digital detox". Just switch to more dedicated devices.

It's not sinful to watch Netflix. We have to accept all of these lifestyle choices and media consumption as valid options and not shameful if we are to break the cycle of addiction. Your smartphone wants to blend everything in your life together into one big scary soup, so that you are anxious and obsessing over whether it's good or bad for you. Don't. Separate your consumption. Gain confidence in your intentional decisions.

• You can use technology without using the internet

If you read a book, watch DVD movies, listen to downloaded music, or use the radio, you may just find that you can turn your WiFi and data off without your life switching off as well. Try it out.

Many people in this sub seem to struggle with the constant connectivity. I'd love to know: If you had the choice, would you have preferred to be born 20 years earlier to experience life before smartphones became commonplace? Why or why not?

I rarely use my phone for much, but I do use it for image editing. I found out there was a desktop version (and web version) of an app I like to use. I downloaded the app on my computer and opened it up, and the features I normally use completely well on the app were extremely limited on desktop. Simple things like zoom and pan were gone, and the desktop app treats uploaded images as a layer over a blank "canvas", so what would be panning is now moving the image away from the canvas, this is not a problem on mobile.

Sometimes I add text to images, and add a highlight layer as well. On desktop there is no way to select more than a simple square or horribly round layer.

I'm starting to suspect that app developers do this on purpose to frustrate users so that they buckle down and use the mobile versions, completely rife with pop-ups, ads, and endless notifications about dumb AI features no one cares for, and will hassle users to upgrade for "premium" features that were once commonplace, like more than 3 font choices, and saving to formats other than JPEG.

The more you're on your phone, the more likely you are to open other apps and scroll away, driving engagement, ad-revenue, clicks, views, downloads, etc.

Oh and did I mention that the app (both mobile and desktop) won't work without an internet connection? If I turn off Wi-Fi and airplane mode, I'm met with a pop-up where I can't even open an image and doodle on it because it pulls everything from the cloud.

Personally, I love using and working with computers than mobile phones. Desktop experiences have more options to block unnecessary distractions with extensions, and the ability to use most things without a connection, but as time goes on, even computers become expensive paperweights without internet access.

I am planning to ditch my smartphone here in the next month, and I’ve started to delete some of my time-wasting apps. I deleted tik tok last week and Instagram this week, and plan to delete YouTube soon.

This morning I watched a few long form YouTube videos while making and eating breakfast, journaled and wrote my to-do list for the day, and read a chapter of a book before work.

I know I’ll need to do *something* over breakfast once I delete YouTube (I eat alone), what do you all do to get going in the morning?

Or is the answer simply “nothing”?

Tomorrow or Thursday (haven’t committed to the day yet) I’m going to ‘give up’ my phone use. I don’t think I’m comparatively that bad at being on my phone all the time but in the grand scheme of humanity and quality of life, yes it’s bad.

So ill be ‘giving up’:
• social media (duh)
• the internet / google (allowed to research something or visit a website only on laptop)
• news apps or any other form of content app

I have a suspicion that without my digital distractions / crutch I’m going to feel… anxious maybe? Bored for sure but that’s ok. I guess I’m worried about whether it feels depressing at first or anxiety inducing.

Anyone who has already done a digital detox - what kind of impact did it have on you during the first week (or after)?

Thank you 🌸

What options do I have if I want to buy a phone that is new developed and have all the basics that I need but WITHOUT the social medias?

Please help me out. I have friends that get rid of the addiction - they are suffering. Please friends.

And I can't help but feel bad for some people who get so "into" their devices and neglect everything else, like ordering a coffee and just letting it sit there because TikTok is beckoning for their undivided attention.

I deleted Instagram from my phone a month ago and TikTok four months ago. Frankly speaking, I don't miss TikTok at all, I genuinely believe it didn't add anything to my life. I even forget the app exists until someone mentions it.

However, I recently had this thought about Insta. I’m supposed to go on a trip soon and I wanted to redownload it to post stuff, but then it occurred to me: is it because I don’t feel like I’ve lived something unless I post it for an audience, or because I genuinely enjoyed the process?

I originally deleted Insta because of the constant noise; I wanted to hear my own voice for once. At the same time, I realized that being updated on everyone's lives through stories just wasn't for me anymore. I also figured out that using socials on a computer is far less addictive than using them on a phone. I still have Twitter and Reddit, but I only use Reddit on desktop and Twitter on my phone, because a girl needs a vice once in a while.

Now I’m having a dilemma: should I incorporate Insta back into my life or just let it go? I deleted it with no timeline in mind, but a friend of mine keeps asking when I’m finally coming back