Rec | I’VE BEEN ASKING MYSELF THE SAME QUESTION TOO!

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Rec'd on 😃 what are ways to avoid doomscrolling but also keep up with artists i care about?

I’ve been asking myself the same question too!

which is partly why i downloaded perfectly imperfect. i don’t exactly have a solution yet but so far here are my ideas : -youtube is maybe a better alternative so you don’t miss out on pop culture stuff. if maybe you follow a few youtubers who talk about recent news, trends and events you can keep up with what’s happening. with ytb you can actually sit down and watch great content without scrolling. you just have to stay strong if you’re tempted by ytb shorts. -there is an app called « beeper » which reunites all the different convos you have with your friends and followers on different social media apps like tikto, insta, whatsapp…etc. it allows you to keep talking to your friends without being tempted to scroll afterwards -another tip i’m seriously considering doing too, is keeping up with your fav artists by going on instagram on your laptop (if you own one). i think it’s more difficult to scroll mindlessly on there and that way you can see what they post and log off 5 min later. maybe you can even activate a little notification to see everytime they post so that you don’t miss out on anything -finally i feel like going on a huge unfollowing spree can help sort out the content and poeple you really want to follow and care about i’m still figuring out how to manage that balance too ! hope we can help each other

@linz_k0

Jan 11, 2025

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actions I do to reduce social media consumption

1) i realized some time ago that alot of social media, with whatever algorithm they use, will try their best to push whats most popular to you. No matter if it’s positive or negative. So while Im on insta, I tend to delete the app and redownload it a day later when I catch them doing that. It’s like a mini reset but not really. But alongside that, i have made the conscious effort not to doomscroll and to dislike and report posts/comments/videos that are willfully harmful and spread misinformation. 2) i look back into the areas where i spent a lot of time online as a child when i didn’t have social media. And that place was Youtube and rewatching comfort shows and finding new outlets that don't trigger me. Sometimes that’s finding people online that only have like 5k subscribers. The other well known site that doesn’t have awful people on there is Pinterest 😂 i never had an awful time on there outside of the ads 3) like i am the child of the house, i limit the content on my phone. On the Iphone at least you can set timers to how long you have been on an app each day and block certain websites.

@chiawase_

Jan 19, 2025

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take account of what you consume and how it makes you feel; is it expansive?

once i got realistic about what type of content i consumed on ig and twitter, i realized so quickly it was not expanding the way i think and in fact was keeping me stuck in the same (oftentimes negative/harmful) thought loopholes. social media is addictive in part because it algorithmically reproduces the way we already think. it keeps us comfortable. start questioning: what can help expand your life? what other creative and consumptive outlets do you find fulfilling? is there a book you want to read? something you want to draw or write about? or, in general, consider how your older self would have wanted your time to be spent. you are so right that social media makes us feel Bad-- but we don't have to! it is an act of self-care and deep love to work on stepping away from things that hurt! as far as practical tips, the best things that helped me were: a) like some others mentioned, deleting ALL social media apps from my phone so i can only access them on my computer. this helps because the online interfaces are a lot clunkier so it reduces some of the quick gratification that keeps you addicted. also you have to be literally sitting at a desk to use it, so the portability aspect/mindless scrolling is largely removed. b) keeping a journal because it's a much safer space to dump thoughts than a private story c) prioritizing in-person connection rather than mediating relationships through tech-- meet a friend for coffee! cultivate intimacy rather than superficiality, and notice how irl vs. online connection feels different d) nervous system regulation and grounding practices to counteract how scrolling can make you anxious/stressed/disembodied! finally i did struggle a lot with fomo and being behind on trends at first but then i realized it doesn't really matter. trends are fleeting. even without chronic online-ness i am still funny and relatable and i find it much more interesting to hear about people's lives when i haven't been informed about them in an endless information stream online!!

@antifabricated

Oct 31, 2024

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replace your generalized algorithmic feeds with specific curated ones

obviously just uninstalling the apps help, but that's easier said than done because we usually have a reason we're using social media in the first place. changing the way you receive information is really the key. the problem with social media is primarily that it trains you to have a passive role in receiving information / art / media, and that's what makes it possible for it to suck so much of your time away. - for news, download an rss reader and actively seek out and follow some writers and publications you trust - for events, subscribe to local newsletters. many venues have them, and if they don't, there's typically a local publication that has one specifically for events. - for communication, just try to get the numbers of people you'd otherwise DM, or better yet, just start a discord (or something similar) for your friend group. my friend group has one, and it basically functions as our collective twitter feed. i could give more specific advice if i knew your particular use case, but those three things alone will get you a long way.