[drain]

Early this year, I added a blocklist for Reddit on my PC and deleted the app. I did it upon the realization that for me:

1. It was a time waste. It was entertaining, but more often than not, it wasn't useful or helpful at all. Classic short-term gratification.

2. Various issues with how it was run started to frustrate me. Advertising appearing as genuine posts, poor moderation / mod abuse. Also seemed to be a conflict algorithm, outrage and irrational ideas were disproportionately popular compared to real life.

The smaller communities on the site were good, I'd like to see them find another place to exist. But yeah, I used to think that self-control and discipline was all that was needed, but creating actual barriers like blocklists etc is actually pretty good.

[jhonof]

I've blocked twitter and reddit for almost a year now. My mental health and work quality has improved dramatically. The only thing I miss is sports and local news, I wish their was a website that was social media for just those 2 things.

[dorkwood]

What’s the best way to block it on mobile?

[jhonof]

Not OP but I just straight up deleted the play store and internet apps on my android phone using https://adbappcontrol.com/en/. That way I can't download it or just mindlessly browse to it when I'm bored. I have had this setup for a year now and not had any issues needing info or apps when I am away from my computer.

[jchoca]

I just started using this service: https://controld.com/

$20 a year and acts as an ad-blocker too. NextDNS is another one. It's nice you don't need to install anything (other than configuring DNS). Using DNS for ad-blocking also avoids the "we noticed you're using an ad-blocker" popups.

[arein3]

Delete the app

For browser you can use a domain blocker. Firefox mobile has an extension LeechBlock that can do that.