America’s social-media addiction is getting worse

Re:America’s social-media addiction is getting worse by ravenstine on Friday August 09, 2019 @10:41AM (#20654782)

I've made it a point in my life to only look at my phone when I'm legitimately bored, which is pretty much always reading HN since I have nearly all notifications turned off. In other words, if I'm at a restaurant with someone and they go to the bathroom, leaving me alone at the table briefly, I'll just sit there and look around at the world for a few minutes. If anyone sees me doing that and thinks it's weird or creepy, then the very nature of existing is weird or creepy.

It feels pretty good. I'm more at peace with the world when I sit there and take it all in.

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Re:America’s social-media addiction is getting worse by wtetzner on Friday August 09, 2019 @01:01PM (#20656201)

I also turn off nearly all notifications. My phone buzzing can cause me a lot of anxiety, so I only want notifications that are actually important (e.g. my wife texting me about something).

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Re:America’s social-media addiction is getting worse by ravenstine on Friday August 09, 2019 @07:05PM (#20658923)

The only notification I get on my phone is if someone in my contact list calls me, in which case my phone will actually make noise and vibrate. Otherwise, I check my messages on my own time, which makes the most sense to me because messages are supposed to be asynchronous communication, yet we treat them like they deserve responses ASAP.

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