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

  • crime [she/her, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    4 days ago

    specifically on phone:

    • consider using Firefox Focus as your main browser, it only lets you use one browser window (no tabs) and doesn’t retain your history,
    • configure a time limit for how long you can use the browser each day
    • move the browser app to somewhere harder to find to prevent opening it to scroll out of muscle memory
    • set the phone’s display mode to grayscale so that you get less dopamine from the bright colors

    what I do for Reddit is never use the main feed — I’ve got a tab open for each of the few subreddits I actually want to somewhat-actively keep up with, and I just check those 1-2x/day. There’s not a high enough post volume on any of them so I don’t end up wasting too much time there.

    How to throw off the shackles of The Algorithm:

    • disable infinite scroll wherever possible
    • use incognito mode and frequently clear cookies
    • something like AdNauseum (extension which both blocks and clicks on every ad you’re served) might help to confuse your advertising profile