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Re:My experiment in phonelessness was a failure. It also cha... by chippy on Thursday February 08, 2024 @01:17PM (#39305474)
Perhaps we need to identify a substitute before quitting a certain thing? Something pleasurable and beneficial (not work). Like reading a book.

Simply cutting something out will leave a gap where that something was. We should fill it with things of our choosing otherwise it will be filled up with something of a similar gap shaped thing!

Re:My experiment in phonelessness was a failure. It also cha... by endemic on Thursday February 08, 2024 @01:19PM (#39305491)
Exactly -- don't resist, replace.
Re:My experiment in phonelessness was a failure. It also cha... by boringg on Thursday February 08, 2024 @01:30PM (#39305629)
Isnt the best option to never have started using social media and creating that loop in the first place?
Re:My experiment in phonelessness was a failure. It also cha... by zogrodea on Thursday February 08, 2024 @02:15PM (#39306223)
I think that's true generally but:

- It's possible that social media changes some peoples' lives for the better. (I do have a few friends who married people they got to know on social media, and I know the good things that have happened to me because of social media outweigh the real but less significant harms.)

- It's possible that the thing one replaces social media ("replace, don't resist") with outweighs the harm they received from social media too.

- I think we're mostly trying to work with practical solutions of how to mitigate harm instead of wishing we could change the past.

Re:My experiment in phonelessness was a failure. It also cha... by cooper_ganglia on Thursday February 08, 2024 @02:08PM (#39306129)
The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second-best time is now.
Re:My experiment in phonelessness was a failure. It also cha... by mdhen on Friday February 09, 2024 @07:55AM (#39314331)
That's not an option though, is it? Not for those already affected.