> As young people increasingly reject social media, older generations increasingly embrace it.
This is like Tesla (and other startups generally) do it. Sell it to the rich people to garner attention, and then slowly when you've got enough growth/money/experience, sell it to others.
Teens were the lead users. Old people are just the laggards in social media.
Also, Facebook (in its infancy) used to be the place where cool teens hung out. Now if it's the place where your grand dad hangs out, it isn't so hip anymore. No surprise that teens would prefer dropping off.
A majority, 54% of teens, said they spend too much time on their phone, and nearly that many – 52% – said they are trying to limit their phone use in various ways.
Knowing is one thing and actually getting rid of it is a completely different ball game.
There's a gulf between the planner and the doer. The far-sighted "planner" in us knows that social media/Netflix/cigarettes are bad for us. When you conduct a survey, we are conscious and reasonable people who know what is good from what is bad and hence 54% of use agrees that we spend too much time on useless stuff.
But when it actually comes to doing, the myopic "doer" part of us keeps on snoozing that alarm clock in the morning and goes to Facebook to check the number of likes & comments received every five minutes.
- An app that you can use to block facebook and other sites from your phone: https://freedom.to/
There are people who claim that this sort of thing is 'a crutch'. These same people probably would not encourage a dieter to keep a packet of cookies on their desk though. Regardless, crutches are useful whether you've broken your ankle or your mindfulness.
You can and should build more active mindfulness practices on top of this.
As someone who's pretty pathetically addicted to the internet at times, having Freedom on my laptop and phone has been a huge plus.
I'm sure I could work around it very easily (I know I can on the laptop) but the shame factor involved is enough to stop me generally and I'm surprised there isn't a huge market for this kind of thing. Been gradually limiting my usage of certain sites down to tiny windows of the day and it's left me with so much more time. Along with that, it's largely removed those sites from my reflex routine of checking for updates... several of them I've just dropped entirely.
Used a few free ones beforehand and the risk of it messing up my hosts file or w/e was always too high to actively recommend to anyone.
> Along with that, it's largely removed those sites from my reflex routine of checking for updates... several of them I've just dropped entirely.
Removing the Facebook app from my phone and logging out when I was done with a session on the computer was a great improvement in my life. Even the barrier of typing the password in was enough for me to avoid mindlessly browsing through stuff whenever I finished a small task.
It's been about 6 years since I took these steps, and I don't regret them. Since the Cambridge Analytica stuff came out, I've been dabbling with dropping FB entirely, but there are some people who I like receiving updates from, but they are only on FB.
I use "Space" which is a fantastic app that shows you how often you use apps and the like. You can set limits where it asks you if you are sure you want to use your phone. It also suggests taking a break from your phone at set times. https://findyourphonelifebalance.com/
Maybe, maybe no longer so. The social media experiment is quite old now - old enough to make quite a few people disillusioned about what it actually does to you in a deeper way, and not to feel the urge anymore.
The bigger problem is that FB actually replaced not only discussion forums but also mailing lists for non-technical people, so very often you have no option other than to join a particular FB group if you want to participate in offline events. But even this might change with time.
I'd suggest you to start with Google Sheets. Most of the needs would get fulfilled there. By the time it becomes a hassle you'll know exactly what extra benefits/features you need and which app solves them.
If your notoriety becomes your brand, then why not! Build a brand with your real name and then flaunt it. If you've got a following, (traffic in blog, stars in GitHub project) I bet many would actually want to hire you.
https://twitter.com/coffeeandjunk/status/1040097766331084800