Reduce time spent scrolling on social media (especially infinite feeds)

This goal is associated with the accountability topic: "Alcohol & Etc Moderation"

Active, ongoing
Every 7 days
2 active
Monthly meetings

My goal is to reduce time spent on my phone, more precisely on social media, and more precisely on algorithm-powered inifinte-scrolling type content. Measures I've taken: removed Instagram and all other dangerous apps except for YouTube. Goals I'm proposing for myself:

  1. Only use social media from a web browser
  2. Spend at most 30 minutes per day scrolling infinite feeds
  3. Only use YouTube on mobile for music and other interesting long-form I'm following

Please feel free to join with your own targets.

Goal Activity

Great success! With Instagram now deleted from my phone, I have 80% less entertainment ergo 80% less incentive to pick up my phone absent-mindedly. Given a few more weeks like this, I might look into increasing the difficulty.

Completed about 1 month ago

One more week of successfully avoiding scroll feeds (or 30min+ scroll sessions)

Completed 25 days ago

sub-30-minute scrolling every day: check ✅

Completed 18 days ago

Goal Conversation

Social media scrolling has constituted some relief during last week's cold I had to endure, so objective failed. Next week will be better.

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Accountability Goal: "Reduce time spent scrolling on social media (especially infinite feeds)"

Created about 2 months ago by Lucian

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Lucian Leader
Joined about 2 months ago