[underwater]

I use the Reddit website. It's slow and horrible enough that even though I visit every day, but don't get sucked into spending hours on it.

I also watch YouTube instead of TikTok. YouTube is slower paced and hasn't (yet) fallen into the trap of continual submersion in content without a break. You have to consciously choose to watch another video. I can also tell myself that I'm watching content that is pseudo-educational in nature (like Jay Foreman, Stuff Built Here, Jazza or Mark Rober).

I've started using TikTok a couple of times and it just seems like the perfect engagement machine. It's like a machine that drip-feeds dopamine. Pure evil, in my opinion.

[swalsh]

My ability to read a long article notably dropped after Tik Tok. That app in particular is one of the worst.