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Only using instagram on browser

I’m not strong enough to go full cold-turkey and delete my Instagram, but I am also not strong enough to limit my screen intake. My solution: delete the Instragram app and login on the browser. It is an absolutely horrible user experience so I’m never on longer than a few minutes. Get in, get out!

@sahruh

Mar 11, 2024

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deleting ig off your homescreen

i have an iphone and deleting instagram off of my homescreen (so that i can still access the app if i want) is a game changer. it helps to curb the kind of muscle memory you get from opening it automatically to begin the mindless scroll. i still check it maybe look at a few posts but overall i'm barely on it now. i would spend 2+ hours a day on it scrolling mindlessly and by best time was thursday when i spent a whopping seven minutes on it!!!

@sourbottlebabygirl

Apr 6, 2025

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Only using Instagram on Browser

I deleted the app off my phone, but I’m logged in on browser and I check stories and messages there. But I kinda love not having IG with me wherever I go. It quells the urge to post everything for validation or to prove I’m having fun/looking hot. I also don’t get the crazy ads on browser, and I don’t get sucked into the insanity of the explore page (which is exclusively weight-loss content somehow) because on browser, search and discover are different buttons. A lot of 2025 for me has been treating my Poster’s Disease. I nuked my Twitter/X account, and only use Bluesky (took that app off my phone too). I’ll download the Instagram app like once a week to share some work and things to stories, but I feel 10000x more sane not scrolling the app on my phone all the time. I’ll check Reddit or Substack apps if I need a lil scroll action. Read, write, be present with your friends. Take back your attention in anyway you can!

@katiewalshstx

2d ago

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GOing for a walk is kind of like scrolling in real life

This was a truly horrid thought I had the other day when I was walking over the river while marveling at the water, the city lights, cars, and people. Scrolling and walking do have similarities and realizing this was valuable to me. Scrolling simulates visual stimuli moving across our field of vision as we navigate a digital landscape.
Taking a walk outside, making dinner, talking to a friend in person, or even just wandering around my apartment have all worked to minimize scrolling urges for me. They all also tend to involve the movement of my visual field with constant new stimuli.
Its also important to note that none of these tasks require intensive demands to focus attention. If I want to doom scroll I probably want to relax my brain from concentrated attention while engaging in a repetitive task. Just walking around my apartment is better than scrolling and often more realistic than reading. Finding ways to relax and procrastinate without using screens may seem counter-intuitive but I think it gives me more freedom. Plus I have never regretted going on a walk.

@inducedhysteria

Dec 13, 2024

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Gloucester’s Eastern Point Light House

i went on a walk from the gloucester train station through downtown past rocky neck and all the way to the eastern point. it is a great summers day activity

@inducedhysteria

Nov 19, 2024

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The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales

okay yes maybe its short because its a childrens book, but that doesn't detract from it being a classic of postmodern literature

@inducedhysteria

Dec 3, 2024

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