I was semi-abstaining from Reddit (outside work) and Twitter (altogether). I didn’t miss Twitter much at all. I did end up going on Reddit a bit for specific hobby/game-related things, but I mostly managed to avoid politics, memes, and other addictive things. Overall I think it was somewhat helpful in terms of avoiding stuff that distracted me from my real problems via anxious-consumption, and I had fewer bouts of political anger. Not sure how I’ll take it moving forward—I’ll probably stay off Twitter at least. Will have to think about how I want to approach Reddit.
I was semi-abstaining from Reddit (outside work) and Twitter (altogether). I didn’t miss Twitter much at all. I did end up going on Reddit a bit for specific hobby/game-related things, but I mostly managed to avoid politics, memes, and other addictive things. Overall I think it was somewhat helpful in terms of avoiding stuff that distracted me from my real problems via anxious-consumption, and I had fewer bouts of political anger. Not sure how I’ll take it moving forward—I’ll probably stay off Twitter at least. Will have to think about how I want to approach Reddit.