{"id":3330,"date":"2023-06-26T18:54:17","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T15:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/?p=3330"},"modified":"2023-06-26T19:13:19","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T16:13:19","slug":"digital-detox-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/2023\/06\/26\/digital-detox-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"Some digital detox needed, 2023 (#PseudoSocialTimeOff)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lately, I am spending too much time on Twitter (https:\/\/twitter.com\/@optimiced<\/a>) & Mastodon (https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@optimiced<\/a>), checking the news<\/a>💙💛 and watching funny cats videos 😺.<\/p>\n

But mostly checking the news! I am also using Twitter for connecting with people, both professionally and personally, which is not often but when it happens, Good Things Happen™ — for example, I recently had excellent collaboration with @andybudd<\/a> & many other fine people which resulted in new Smashing Magazine<\/a> articles being made!<\/p>\n

So, with the exception of some moderate amount of time for connecting and collaborating with real people, Twitter (mostly) takes a lot of my time and this time is not spent wisely. News, funny cats, etc. But it’s not only the news — Twitter is also becoming a bad place (since a certain person with lots of borrowed money acquired it, we all know who)<\/em> and disinformation and Nazis started really proliferating on this platform. So I was thinking, maybe I need a break? Some kind of “digital detox” or “electronic social time-out”?<\/p>\n

I also noticed that while I’m on Twitter, I read less books and serious articles. And am becoming more nervous — because of the news and the Nazis, of course! <\/p>\n

So, a break? But what should I do if I stop appearing regularly on Twitter and Mastodon?<\/p>\n

I am thinking of the following:
\n– Remove some dust from my blogs (https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/<\/a>, https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/bg\/<\/a>). And yes, they provide RSS.
\n– Change\/improve my blog theme, add\/remove plugins, do some optimizations and some custom HTML\/CSS\/PHP.
\n– Blog occasionally from my phone!
\n– Start again using RSS to read other people’s blogs. (Can you recommend a good RSS reader btw? I am thinking Feedly<\/a>.)
\n– Then help Ani<\/a> (@molif<\/a>) — new blog theme, optimizations, nice custom design touches, etc.<\/p>\n

And finally…
\n…Do I plan to stop using Twitter\/Mastodon completely? No. (Not for now, anyway.)<\/p>\n

But I would like to reduce their use to the *bare minimum* for at least 2-3 weeks. (You can still message me\/@ mention me but don’t expect an instant reply.) <\/p>\n

It’s time for me regain some sanity. Or at least try<\/em> to!<\/p>\n

P.S. Initially I wanted to make a series of tweets, and then I thought, I have a blog, maybe I should start using it? 😋 And here it is.
\nBut here’s also link to the short Twitter thread that I made: 📝 https:\/\/twitter.com\/optimiced\/status\/1673358320118185987<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n

P.P.S. And a short toot<\/a> is also in order, methinks! :-)<\/p>\n

\"Master<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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