Quit Social Media, Your Career May Depend on It

Re:Quit Social Media, Your Career May Depend on It by Klathmon on Sunday November 20, 2016 @09:53AM (#12999096)

Actually I've found that by setting up a blocker on my devices that I can toggle on and off at will is enough.

When I start the workday, I toggle it on, and every time I try to load my social stuff (HN included) it puts up a big red warning.

I found that the majority of my wasted time was because I impulsively opened a tab to somewhere during like 10 seconds of downtime while waiting for something. And having this little block in place stopped it in its tracks.

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Re:Quit Social Media, Your Career May Depend on It by ohbleek on Sunday November 20, 2016 @10:19AM (#12999212)

Will you share what you're using as a blocker and on which device?

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Re:Quit Social Media, Your Career May Depend on It by Klathmon on Sunday November 20, 2016 @12:00PM (#12999773)

It's an extension for chrome that I'm using, as I tend to not have a problem with my phone during work.

I'm not near my PC to be able to say which one exactly, but there are several made specifically for this kind of thing.

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Re:Quit Social Media, Your Career May Depend on It by kilroy123 on Sunday November 20, 2016 @01:49PM (#13000386)

Agreed. I use rescue time and it has a feature to block distracting sites. Very helpful to train yourself to stop being distracted.

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