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The Social Delimea

Posted by Gavin Henry on October 19, 2020 at 8:34pm in Just for Fun

Watched The Social Delimea on #netflix?

I've only kept #LinkedIn on my phone and deleted #instagram #facebook #reddit and #twitter

Still access them on the web if needed, but surprisingly it did make a difference to how I feel even though I thought I was pretty good at managing my time.

The one think I found out is that IT'S VERY HARD to remove Facebook from your mobile. Baked in, so you have to disable it.

I've also noticed I'm getting more emails now to entice me back :)

Try it, even if you're a light user like me.

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Siobhan Jaffray October 26, 2020 at 1:05pm

I did watch it, switched all notifications off on my phone and have reuced my average screen time from around 4.5 hours to 2 hours a day.

Interesting that they are emailing you daily to get you back!
- Gavin Henry > Siobhan Jaffray October 26, 2020 at 1:13pm
  
  Yep, you get a lot more "summaries". Total drug dealers with "free samples". Ha!
Andrew Smith October 26, 2020 at 12:31pm

We watched this last night and it was fascinating. These are very, very powerful and wealthy corporations who don't care about mental health, the quality of our lives or the wellbeing of children. But we CAN control how much we use these platforms. Blitz them for work, leave them along when we're not working??
- Gavin Henry > Andrew Smith October 26, 2020 at 1:13pm
  
  Guess what I installed yesterday night :-( Facebook, Twitter and Instgram. BUT, location services all off and no notifications enabled, so all good!
Jessie Crawley October 20, 2020 at 3:01pm

Hannah Reynolds posted a discussion about this recently, you should check out some of the replies there too! It was super interesting.
- Hannah Reynolds > Jessie Crawley October 27, 2020 at 1:53pm
  
  Gavin Henry It's an incredible watch, isn't it?! It definitely spooked me, but I've been trying to redirect my focus to the good social media can do such as connecting isolated groups. A handy trick I've found is rather than deleting the social media apps, go onto your notification centre and turn off all notifications for social media. It shifts the control from the platform back into your hands :-).
- Gavin Henry > Jessie Crawley October 20, 2020 at 5:16pm
  
  Thanks! Got a link?
  - Jessie Crawley > Gavin Henry October 21, 2020 at 9:55am
    
    You can find all discussions from any member at the bottom of their page, but here's Hannah's Social Dilemma one! https://yourabn.co.uk/home/the-social-dilemma
    
    The Social Dilemma
    
    The other evening, I cosied up to watch ‘The Social Dilemma’ on Netflix. What was supposed to be a relaxing evening in front of the TV soon became a…
Andrew Smith October 20, 2020 at 11:03am

Have put off long enough. Going to watch it this weekend!
Joanna Fraser October 20, 2020 at 8:55am

Have to admit I am too scared to watch the programme on Netflix. Being on the platforms is more or less obligatory in my line of work and I enjoy scampering across them (mostly).

LinkedIn is the biggest stealer of my time because people are so damn interesting - what they say and what they don't say.