<story><title>On Digital Minimalsim (2016)</title><url>https://www.calnewport.com/blog/2016/12/18/on-digital-minimalism/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>gordon_freeman</author><text>I totally agree and understand what you&amp;#x27;ve said but sometimes I have this urge to let other friends and family members know which books I&amp;#x27;ve been reading or places I am traveling to etc. I used to do this on FB and IG before I did digital cleansing. Have you figured it out how to suppress this urge to post things like that?</text></item><item><author>weezin</author><text>I skimmed through deep work and bought digital minimalism, mostly because I had already subscribed to the idea mostly due to the vitriol that has developed on social media, and the constant dopamine hits that come with constant notifications. 
I&amp;#x27;ve deleted IG, Twitter, and FB with Hacker News and Reddit being my only vices left. I would say that I&amp;#x27;m a lot happier.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m not sure that we really need to know all the worlds problems at our finger tips and avoiding the most disingenuous of these interactions is healthy, although I&amp;#x27;m thinking about deleting reddit for this reason and leaving HN as my only bastion left.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>weezin</author><text>I don&amp;#x27;t have much self-discipline, but if I did I would disable notifications and time box a couple hours for sharing things&amp;#x2F; replying. I think a lot of the issues are from consumption more than sharing.&lt;p&gt;That being said I use to have a lot of engagement on my twitter account and I got to the point that posting would give me anxiety because of the possibility of negative replies despite whatever I said being mundane. Also watching others get &amp;quot;exposed&amp;quot; for certain behaviors gave me anxiety as a somewhat popular person in my social network. I wanted the engagement, but after I got it I found out it wasn&amp;#x27;t what I was expecting&amp;#x2F;wanted and stopped.&lt;p&gt;I guess I didn&amp;#x27;t really have a secret as much as just learned the hard way.&lt;p&gt;edit: couple hours per week*</text></comment>
<story><title>On Digital Minimalsim (2016)</title><url>https://www.calnewport.com/blog/2016/12/18/on-digital-minimalism/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>gordon_freeman</author><text>I totally agree and understand what you&amp;#x27;ve said but sometimes I have this urge to let other friends and family members know which books I&amp;#x27;ve been reading or places I am traveling to etc. I used to do this on FB and IG before I did digital cleansing. Have you figured it out how to suppress this urge to post things like that?</text></item><item><author>weezin</author><text>I skimmed through deep work and bought digital minimalism, mostly because I had already subscribed to the idea mostly due to the vitriol that has developed on social media, and the constant dopamine hits that come with constant notifications. 
I&amp;#x27;ve deleted IG, Twitter, and FB with Hacker News and Reddit being my only vices left. I would say that I&amp;#x27;m a lot happier.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m not sure that we really need to know all the worlds problems at our finger tips and avoiding the most disingenuous of these interactions is healthy, although I&amp;#x27;m thinking about deleting reddit for this reason and leaving HN as my only bastion left.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>villasv</author><text>Substitute it with a less impersonal medium. Send them emails or given them a call to chat about latest stuff. For friends you can have WhatsApp&amp;#x2F;Signal&amp;#x2F;Whatever.&lt;p&gt;Replace broadcasting with a duplex channel.</text></comment>