{"id":3462,"date":"2018-10-31T02:25:02","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T18:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=3462"},"modified":"2018-11-01T02:36:29","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T18:36:29","slug":"screen-time-and-less-usage-of-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2018\/10\/31\/screen-time-and-less-usage-of-social-media","title":{"rendered":"Screen Time and less usage of social media"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have been trying an experiment — the use of less social media, thanks to Screen Time on iOS 12. The last item I uploaded on Instagram was on September 17 2018<\/a>. My usual form has been to make a photo at every place I land up at, but since seeing that I spent 30-45 minutes of “dead time” daily on the app, I figured I needed to stop using it so regularly.<\/p>\n

My thought there is quite simple: do I make money from Instagram? No. I should generally only be doing productive things with my iPhone, correct?<\/p>\n

Consequently I haven’t uploaded photos from my trips to Tokyo, Singapore, London, Edinburgh, and apparently London again, where I’m penning this. OK, it will be November 1 2018 tomorrow, so I should maybe start posting again.<\/p>\n

I find that I don’t use Facebook much but have the application for the 2-factor authentication (I will have to find a way to move this to Google Authenticator or 1Password so I could zap it). This leave Twitter, which I do spend a bit of time on (I have to work on reducing this).<\/p>\n

WhatsApp, Telegram, etc. may be considered social media but the reality is I need to communicate with folk so I can’t stop using those apps.<\/p>\n

Screen Time also helps tell me how much time I actually spend on the iPhone. I feel like it is too much. Here’s to more iPad and more MacBook Pro. And in general, more time around Productivity\/Reading & Reference\/Creativity\/Other\/Health & Fitness, going forward. And of course… Entertainment (Netflix has some good shows from time to time).<\/p>\n

Anyway, measuring where I spend time clearly matters. I’m surprised we don’t see this on macOS yet (but for that I have RescueTime). I understand that Timings is another popular app to use. From a time\u00a0management standpoint, I reckon reading: The Average User Checks Email 5.6 Hours Per Day<\/a> and also\u00a0The Mona Lisa Doesn\u2019t Tweet<\/a>. These are timely reminders that we should gain from social media, but not give in much more to it.<\/p>\n

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