[zug_zug]

My proposal for step 1 -- Allow people to "ban themselves" from certain social media for certain period. Every platform/app MUST support the ability to set limits on usage for all time periods (hour/day/week/month) and enforce those. Also allow the user to set blacklist times. Also allow the user to set a "cooldown" period on any blacklist changes.

This is the low-hanging-fruit, for those of us who KNOW it's an addiction and are actively trying to quit, but struggling to limit our usage. I use leechblock NG which is amazing for browser-based sites, but wouldn't really help a kid who's having the isuse on apps.

There are many further steps to take, but I think we should all align on the most obvious ones first and build up from there.

[marysol5]

A BIG BIG problem, and part of the reason that we're so stuck where we are now. Is that parents just don't bother to actually employ, or enforce these systems anyway.