Yes they are…… and I hate how youtube has the ‘shorts’ automatically on every feed and you cant get rid of them… Its hard to study for long periods of time without getting the urge to take a break and scroll for a couple minutes

@@jenna3226if you click ‘dont recommend’ on a bunch of them they just wont show up in ur home screen anymore :)

​@jenna3226 there's actually a KZfaq tutorial on how to get rid of KZfaq shorts. You have to do it through computer though

I think reclaiming my attention span was one of the biggest wins for sure

​@@onlyonelove5628Hi, do you r know what keyword to type to find it

His positivity also.

Yes, really!

This commented needs to be pinned. Underrated imo

ugh so true

Yeah. I remember the days before phones and GPS, I would use real maps if I got lost. Nowadays I feel unsafe if I do not have my phone with me at all times.. Can't be good.

Fr. I’m one of them

@@hoangthuan307 I am too don’t worry😂

Same. Made me think back to when my husband and I first started going to concerts in 2009 and I only had a crappy camera so I didn’t bother taking it with me or we weren’t allowed back then. I got maybe one or two photos on the world’s worst flip phone camera lol. But we were there to enjoy the moment. Now we go to a concert and I record 90% of it - for what reason? Am I ever gonna watch it again?

A nonvirtual world!

This is so true. I’ve never had straight A’s before. Since disconnecting for 6 months, I’ve maintained straight A’s in all of my classes.

​@@torielle7812 my grades are really bad but it's because of social media I'm deleting all my social media on Sunday And ill start focusing on God , school and myself I really wanna pick my grades

@@lilbby1580sameee, wish u the best in this new journey of yours 💗

Honestly I’m seeing that too

You're reclaiming your life, I'm wishing you the best!!

Amen, I'm on the same vibe

Meu celular foi roubado e minha produtividade melhorou SIGNIFICAMENTE. Voltei a usar o Instagram, piorou. Desativei, melhorou. Melhor coisa evitar redes sociais, e em principal, redes como Instagram. Pra mim, Facebook pode ser útil (grupos+páginas de notícias), KZfaq é muito útil (não consumo vlogs ou entretenimento vazio), e por aí vai

@@thiagogregory1 Concordo totalmente! Instagram virou muita bagunça, um app que faz literalmente de tudo pra te manter preso ali. Minha meta é continuar fora dessa rede social e ir aprendendo a usar outras com mais consciencia, autonomia e liberdade.

Try being 34 and you’ve spent over half your life playing world of Warcraft and doom scrolling lol. 🫠

Thank you!!!

right? its almost as if internet is the one consuming us rather than us consuming it. even having as little as 2 hours of doom scrolling just means that we turned our brain off for that amount of time. as if i escaped living for 2 hours. its a scary thing.

I would definitely suggest looking into neocities if you're into that kind of thing, it's been so fun to create a personal blog and learn html at the same time :)

Yup!!

If you’re afraid of committing to it long term, just try to stay clear from it on weekends and see how it feels.

Ist the best thing to do

I'm happy to hear you're doing better!

I just deleted Tiktok! Small wins

I do that to. Do you still have an account on tiktok or u just go on tiktok without an account ?

I never downloaded tik tok ever because of the security issues. But i still watch youtube shorts which Are the same thing

same this is an underrated hack. ive always had social media detox periods since 2020 and sometimes if im missing smth too much or urgently wanna open it i do it with my laptop so its less easy to get sucked in

I did the same with instagram and it helped so much! I deleted the app and now only check it once a day via the browser to catch stories insteadt of scrolling mindlessly

I love this!!!

so adorable

ya this is so true now that you say that. I was a HS freshman in 2012, phones were common, but not like an essential thing needed. but sophomore year everyone had a smartphone now that i think of it.

We're the same age, I know EXACTLY what you're talking about when you say everything kind of shifted around those years. I got my first phone as a freshman and it was a Samsung Exclaim (Still the coolest phone I ever had), then my family switched carriers and I got an iPhone 4 for the rest of HS. I remember going to class one day September 2013 and a kid got the brand new iPhone 5C literally next day which was insane to me. Earlier that week everyone's iPod Touch/iPhones switched to iOS 7 and it was like a whole event. Personally I mark the iOS 7 update as the end of an era, like that was the beginning of the end. The main social media site I was using around that time was tumblr, and if you used tumblr back then you know quality of life updates were sparse so we relied on Desktop extensions like XKit to add features. Mutuals on tumblr went from "the app is so bad I'm never using it" to "I wish the app wasn't so bad", to finally just switching to a social media site that was more app friendly like twitter. That's when I knew we were cooked. Now I use a dumbphone and an iPod and do all of my social media stuff on desktop. Going outside and seeing the normalized addiction to social media makes me feel like a boomer I can't lie. I've been yapping but, ironically, tech literacy seems to have reached peak shambles. You say kids weren't on MySpace, but at 13 (when I shouldn't have been on that site admittedly) I was figuring out custom HTML & CSS to have a custom glitter cursor on my page, then I was one of those people who gave out tumblr CSS profiles, which led me to start self-learning actual web dev, which ended up in me being a CS grad. Now I feel like if you want to learn to code as kid you have to purposely go out of your way to learn. It's not even code anymore bro like it's simple things like emails. TL;DR across all generations we are all becoming ipad babies no thoughts just tiktok and chatgpt

I have a generally different experience (partially due to my age, as I was a child around the time you're referring to) but smartphones WERE a gradual shift (around my area, at least). they were introduced in 2007 with the induction of the iPhone and then once more started hitting the market and they became less of a luxury item (with the advent of cheaper android phones), people started to catch on. But even that was slow because I can still recall seeing a good amount of people using flip phones/dumb phones in 2013-2014. I dont think it was until like 2016 or 2017 where pretty much everyone had a smartphone

I was born in 98. I feel so fortunate to have a childhood before the smart phone/social media craze. If it’s so hard for someone like me, who was never really into social media besides KZfaq, to not overstimulate themselves at times it must be almost impossible for children born with smart phones. If I ever am a parent, I will certainly be hesitant to give a smart phone to my child when their young. I want them to be able to practice some self control when their older and not let their devices do all their thinking for them.

@@jacobharris5894 Same, bro.

It's all mindset.

i had the exact experience/perspective except my phone was stolen in February. I have access to my social media via laptop but I don't use it a lot, I have been so productive

The friends will come as long as you're genuine

Going in the outside world to talk to people sounds great if you're someone the outside world is willing to accept and allow into their spaces. I grew up on the internet because I didn't get bullied there like I was getting bullied at school for years. Real life taught me I'm not welcome there. So I stay where I belong. If I didn't have internet I'd be significantly lonelier. The few friends I did make at school are all out of contact with me now... but my internet friends stuck by me. And I'm not about to abandon them after all they've done for me.

@@sapiescent now the best step would be turning those online friends into irl friends by visiting them

@@Justinhulk Any tips on affording a plane ticket across an entire ocean to then pay for food and accommodation while I visit those friends, who are also broke and wouldn't be able to chip in?

​@@sapiescent you said "Real life taught me I'm not welcome there. So I stay where I belong" but its bullshit. it literally quite is bullshit. because yes theres shit people but theres alot of good people too. find them. and getting a job is how u deal with traveling. and guess what getting a job = potentionally being friends with coworkers

@@Justinhulk Hey fun fact an employer's first impressions of you - including whether they judge you to be conventionally attractive and neurotypical - influences your ability to get and keep a job. I am not wanted. The few jobs that do have decent employers I'd rather let someone else who deserves them more keep, since they're in limited supply.

You guys get my unedited stream of consciousness. I personally hate when videos constantly jumpcut around haha

the dopamine detox is a trend right now

Well it could trend in the way that this guy could inspire some of his friends who could inspire some others of their friends and so on and so on

@@Theolddaysaregone True. But the people who need to see this trend don't have friends.

@@danielthealien107 Hahaha, that is a good point as well.

Shifting perspectives!!!

If she's feeling alone, I'd probably say just to be a friend to her, and show her that social media isn't really a solution to her loneliness.

I still feel alone using socal media to be honest

@@mesekkai same, actually

i really understand that

Yeah, I only really bring it up if prompted haha. It's cool that people are starting to realize how bad social media is for us, though

I'll check out the book! Thanks for the rec and the kind words.

Sick! What was the class on?

@@christ0fu substance abuse & addictions--we all had to give up a bad habit to understand difficulties that go along w that

This is why I make KZfaq videos. This comment really means a lot, I'm honored that my videos can have such an impact in helping people's decisions. I'm super happy to hear that you're getting a little more out of life now :)

crazy how sometimes to see things in HD, you gotta turn the screen off.

here's to taking back our lives.

Super valid, I usually keep a small digital camera on me, which can definitely get burdensome at times

hey if u have insta i highly recommend getting your info downloaded, u just request a backup through the meta accounts center and they send you an email when it's done downloading. i saved all my data and deactivated my account, i feel so free now AND i get to keep my posts and archives.

If you want to keep the record, you don't have to delete your account; you can just abandon it. If you worry about losing online friends, you could put a line in your Instagram bio (or whatever equivalent) saying like "Account inactive; contact at '...'", and set up a second email or something for online friends to continue communication with you. (I actually don't know if that's a great idea; it was just what came to mind)

This means a lot, I'm glad we're reclaiming our lives.

friends who go on their phone just to scroll mindlessly while we’re hanging out are rude ://// like, if i’m bored or have my socially battery drained on a hangout, i’ll thank them for the day and then just politely excuse myself. or try find something else to talk about or do w them. as you said, hanging out means setting time aside for each other, which is special. you can scroll to your heart’s extent any other time

Super valid points, it's definitely a process getting trustworthy news in the digital age.

yeah cwru💪 also how do you plan to duo mobile with a flip phone? that's the thing holding me back most

you can make duo mobile send a text message!

That’s good

I try to just be myself, glad I give off a good vibe haha

A transitionary time in history for sure... we have the power to reverse it though

big wins!

Glad you enjoyed! Good luck on the journey

I just try to keep my videos like those organic conversations in life! Glad you appreciate it.

same especially when we're sitting in class or senior lounge and everyone subconsciously goes on their phone, thankfully though me and my friends are pretty good at entertaining each other so it's not as bad as other people in our batch

Thank you! Means a lot.

The highest of compliments. Appreciate you

glad you enjoyed my stream of consciousness :)

Well done to you as well!

Slow and steady rewiring.

Keep me updated

Same here man I also recently I been consuming more KZfaq content more ever since i deleted insta

Love the profile pic btw

@@christ0fu thank you brother

Thanks for watching!!

first step is acknowledgement. you're on the right path