> Also the recommendation to block content to curate your feed and not just scroll past it. Does he even realize what he is suggesting? That the user curates the social media feed to be more tailored and thus addictive. It won’t shorten just because you block stuff.

I find that it does shorten. Of course infinite scroll still happens but with a ruthlessly curated feed, it seems like after about 5-10 minutes of browsing there's a tipping point where relevance drops off a cliff. That's when I know to close the app.

(I open IG maybe 1-2x a week, FYI)

Hey, the author here :)

My point is that there's also good that can come out of social media. Completely disregarding any social media as useless and a waste of time is wrong, in my opinion.

My point is to start blocking so that you can turn whatever social media of your choosing into an enriching experience, rather than a doom scrolling one.

But of course, even if you do so, we should all keep a limit on our internet consumption as a whole.