Like someone else mentioned, this technique could work for other things. I don’t use Facebook. I used a slightly modified version of this technique on my Youtube watch history and came to a ratio of about 1:20 (bad videos do tend to be shorter, so time wise it’s probably 1:10 or so).
I’ve been trying to reduce my usage for a while, with moderate success. According to RescueTime I spend 32 hours on youtube.com in the past 30 days, and 49 hours in the 30 days before that. I’ll keep in mind the poor good:bad ratio from now on and I’ll report back in another 30 days with the new figure from RescueTime.
If it’s under 25 hours I consider it a moderate success, under 20 a huge success.
EDIT:
Results are in, just 15 hours for the past 30 days. It seems to have worked quite well for me.
Like someone else mentioned, this technique could work for other things. I don’t use Facebook. I used a slightly modified version of this technique on my Youtube watch history and came to a ratio of about 1:20 (bad videos do tend to be shorter, so time wise it’s probably 1:10 or so).
I’ve been trying to reduce my usage for a while, with moderate success. According to RescueTime I spend 32 hours on youtube.com in the past 30 days, and 49 hours in the 30 days before that. I’ll keep in mind the poor good:bad ratio from now on and I’ll report back in another 30 days with the new figure from RescueTime.
If it’s under 25 hours I consider it a moderate success, under 20 a huge success.
EDIT:
Results are in, just 15 hours for the past 30 days. It seems to have worked quite well for me.