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Engagement is a really dirty word to me nowadays - the attention economy comes with all sorts of really bad side effects. We’ve turned almost all conversations into an ad in order to sell more ads. It’s you vs 100 people with a doctorate in psychology at any given time.

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Agreed. I've actively taken steps to combat it, only use my phone in black and white mode, and removed all apps. Stick to my PC for general browsing and my phone use as gone down to 30 minutes a day (mostly calls, messages with the wife, and email).

same here

Here's a funny thing: I did most of the things you did, but I kept going back to twitter et al using my browser. The biggest change, though, was removing my ad blocker. Being confronted with tons of garbage ads forced me to stop using these services faster than the minor inconveniences like deleting the app.

Hey....now that's Adblock usage I somehow overlook.

I remember can't browse IG more than a couple minutes on a phone because there is an ads for every 5 pictures, but I can browse it mindlessly on my PC with Adblock installed, because the experience is so clean.

Maybe they knew all along. :p

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