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FOR ME I AM NOT ADDICTED I CAN GO A WHOLE MONTH WITHOUT SOCIAL MEDIA. TRY AND CREATE BOUNDARIES WITH U AND UR PHNE. IF U CAN AVOID PUTTING ON UR DATA FOR A DAY THEN U CAN RESIST THE URGE

obembet:
I don't think anybody in this great forum press phone than I do which I believe it as become something else. I can't stay 5 minutes without. Touching my phone.

I have my phone with me at all times and check it hundreds of times a day. From WhatsApp Message to Nairalander to Twitter and so on.

Please my great Nairalanders, help me, how can I reduce this attitude, it becoming something else.

Its not really about being addicted to your phone..The true question is "what do you do with your phone"... Some of us work with our phones,so we're always with it 247..So,would you call that an addiction

I repeat " what do you do with your phone "??

Shoodboi:
You are not addicted to your phone. You are addicted to some apps on your phone. Many people don’t know this but many app developers especially social media companies like Facebook, Tiktok, and Snap hire psychologists to socially engineer users to spend more time on their apps.

They develop their apps to stimulate the release of dopamine (the "feel good" hormone) in your body. Dopamine releases when we do things we enjoy (sex, drugs, video games, and of course, using social media).

They back this with powerful algorithms that observe the content you watched/liked and show you more of that content. That's why if you interact with a content from a person, you keep seeing more content from that person and from people (sometimes strangers) similar to that person.

As part of the social engineering process, these social media sites also use things like infinite scrolling (whereby the apps continues loading as you scroll down) instead of requiring you to click to see the next page to further lock you in.

Instagram also uses things like the "Explore" tab, Tiktok uses the "For you" section while Facebook shows you "People you may know" to keep you in their apps. It's not a coincidence that a small part of the photos of the person in the people you may know section shows every single time. It's a subtle hint to force you to scroll left.

All these lead to things like FOMO (fear of missing out), which forces you to check these apps every now and then so you enjoy the latest content as e dey hot and release more dopamine along the way. After spending hours on these apps, you'd then jump to sites like Nairaland to increase your dopamine and also, help you to burn time, so that others would have uploaded new content to the apps you were using.

The solution is simple but technical. Which apps do you use the most? Take note of them, close one eye, and uninstall them. Switch off notifications too. And whenever you find yourself scrolling endlessly again, remember you don’t want to be a victim of social engineering and get out of the apps.

Very informative

obembet:
Ur fone go lost

Hahaha

This happens when you have little or nothing doing in real life. Get busy, you'll hardly notice your phone.

The smartphone has become an important aspect in business and in our daily lives.
It will be difficult keeping away from it completely.

It's really funny that some humans think that she is a phone addict because she is jobless.
People can break their schedule to feed their addiction.
Well, Obembet, I think you must be intentional with yourself. Set restrictions and keep to it.
Good morning.

Shoodboi:
You are not addicted to your phone. You are addicted to some apps on your phone. Many people don’t know this but many app developers especially social media companies like Facebook, Tiktok, and Snap hire psychologists to socially engineer users to spend more time on their apps.

They develop their apps to stimulate the release of dopamine (the "feel good" hormone) in your body. Dopamine releases when we do things we enjoy (sex, drugs, video games, and of course, using social media).

They back this with powerful algorithms that observe the content you watched/liked and show you more of that content. That's why if you interact with a content from a person, you keep seeing more content from that person and from people (sometimes strangers) similar to that person.

As part of the social engineering process, these social media sites also use things like infinite scrolling (whereby the apps continues loading as you scroll down) instead of requiring you to click to see the next page to further lock you in.

Instagram also uses things like the "Explore" tab, Tiktok uses the "For you" section while Facebook shows you "People you may know" to keep you in their apps. It's not a coincidence that a small part of the photos of the person in the people you may know section shows every single time. It's a subtle hint to force you to scroll left.

All these lead to things like FOMO (fear of missing out), which forces you to check these apps every now and then so you enjoy the latest content as e dey hot and release more dopamine along the way. After spending hours on these apps, you'd then jump to sites like Nairaland to increase your dopamine and also, help you to burn time, so that others would have uploaded new content to the apps you were using.

The solution is simple but technical. Which apps do you use the most? Take note of them, close one eye, and uninstall them. Switch off notifications too. And whenever you find yourself scrolling endlessly again, remember you don’t want to be a victim of social engineering and get out of the apps.

hmmm...most knowledgeable thing I've heard for a very long time now

obembet:
Werey I love it too but beta one o,. Not like that your own

U don see my own ?
If you are privilege to see it and taste it, believe me, the whole world will come together to celebrate you. I carry better thing and is not meant for anyhow lady.

GoooodHardDick:
We're all addicted to our phones and devices, this is exactly what makes u an analog generation.

At this age, stage and level, Reducing the time you spent on your phone might be impossible, but as you get older and a lot busier, you'll understand why your parents hardly spent time with their phones. Responsibilities makes you busy

You damn right...

Used to be addicted, but now with so much responsibilities... Omo na only weekend I dey touch phone.

Better than be olosho

Wotoporiously speaking

No matter as you press phone reach, you no press am pass person wey dey use am as him source of income even for dream we dey use our phone.

Na our source of income and major update platform

Na normal things if u don become mother now or don dey grow dem no go tell u

obembet:
I don't think anybody in this great forum press phone than I do which I believe it as become something else. I can't stay 5 minutes without. Touching my phone.

I have my phone with me at all times and check it hundreds of times a day. From WhatsApp Message to Nairalander to Twitter and so on.

Please my great Nairalanders, help me, how can I reduce this attitude, it becoming something else.

..
Anointing oil breaks every yoke.
I will anoint you all over your body with holy oil and your problem will be over

obembet:
I don't think anybody in this great forum press phone than I do which I believe it as become something else. I can't stay 5 minutes without. Touching my phone.

I have my phone with me at all times and check it hundreds of times a day. From WhatsApp Message to Nairalander to Twitter and so on.

Please my great Nairalanders, help me, how can I reduce this attitude, it becoming something else.

Get a job

Try to make physical friends outside social media, you will see that away from phone lies the reality of good companion. You can stay with good friends for hours without a thought of ur phone.

Shoodboi:
You are not addicted to your phone. You are addicted to some apps on your phone. Many people don’t know this but many app developers especially social media companies like Facebook, Tiktok, and Snap hire psychologists to socially engineer users to spend more time on their apps.

They develop their apps to stimulate the release of dopamine (the "feel good" hormone) in your body. Dopamine releases when we do things we enjoy (sex, drugs, video games, and of course, using social media).

They back this with powerful algorithms that observe the content you watched/liked and show you more of that content. That's why if you interact with a content from a person, you keep seeing more content from that person and from people (sometimes strangers) similar to that person.

As part of the social engineering process, these social media sites also use things like infinite scrolling (whereby the apps continues loading as you scroll down) instead of requiring you to click to see the next page to further lock you in.

Instagram also uses things like the "Explore" tab, Tiktok uses the "For you" section while Facebook shows you "People you may know" to keep you in their apps. It's not a coincidence that a small part of the photos of the person in the people you may know section shows every single time. It's a subtle hint to force you to scroll left.

All these lead to things like FOMO (fear of missing out), which forces you to check these apps every now and then so you enjoy the latest content as e dey hot and release more dopamine along the way. After spending hours on these apps, you'd then jump to sites like Nairaland to increase your dopamine and also, help you to burn time, so that others would have uploaded new content to the apps you were using.

The solution is simple but technical. Which apps do you use the most? Take note of them, close one eye, and uninstall them. Switch off notifications too. And whenever you find yourself scrolling endlessly again, remember you don’t want to be a victim of social engineering and get out of the apps.

Well said. I watched a documentary on this called the social dilemma

if the only thing you do with your subscription is to chat in this 2022. Then you really need prayers

obembet:
I don't think anybody in this great forum press phone than I do which I believe it as become something else. I can't stay 5 minutes without. Touching my phone.

I have my phone with me at all times and check it hundreds of times a day. From WhatsApp Message to Nairalander to Twitter and so on.

Please my great Nairalanders, help me, how can I reduce this attitude, it becoming something else.

What do you do for a living?

Pwettylinda:
You dey learn work for phone pressing lol

i swear

obembet:
I don't think anybody in this great forum press phone than I do which I believe it as become something else. I can't stay 5 minutes without. Touching my phone.

I have my phone with me at all times and check it hundreds of times a day. From WhatsApp Message to Nairalander to Twitter and so on.

Please my great Nairalanders, help me, how can I reduce this attitude, it becoming something else.

this terrible Tinubu urchiñ, always seeking attention.... U need a mandatory psychologically evaluation!
I hereby suggest [color=#b90c00]Yabaleft®[/color] cos u are going [color=#bc6600]phone crazy[/color]

oluwafynest:
if the only thing you do with your subscription is to chat in this 2022. Then you really need prayers

obembet needs [color=#c00099]Yabaleft ASAP!![/color]

obembet:
I don't think anybody in this great forum press phone than I do which I believe it as become something else. I can't stay 5 minutes without. Touching my phone.

I have my phone with me at all times and check it hundreds of times a day. From WhatsApp Message to Nairalander to Twitter and so on.

Please my great Nairalanders, help me, how can I reduce this attitude, it becoming something else.

sub 4me Data has finished. Try not to sub it will help gradually. Just do basic sub like what's app social bundle then forget the rest. Which work do you do sef? If you work from home or with your phone mostly, then nothing is wrong. You're fine

lomprico:
Get a job

obembet will press phone on duty!! She once told me how she lost a job as a pump attendant @oando filling station along igando just because she was pressing phone, where a motorist who wanted to buy 2 litres of petrol, she mistakenly punched 22 litres on the meter.

Chnbanc:
this terrible Tinubu supporter, always seeking attention.... U need a mandatory psychologically evaluation!
I hereby suggest [color=#b90c00]Yabaleft®[/color] cos u are going [color=#bc6600]phone crazy[/color]

Yabaleft is good for you mother while kirirkiri is good for your father.


Remember to vote Atiku 2023

obembet:
Yabaleft is good for you mother while kirirkiri is good for your father.


Remember to vote Atiku 2023

i knew yoy will reply: in order for me to assess the level of your stupidity ratio!!
The ratio is 26.3^π and is extremely high...
You need immediate help . On your location, so that I can send an [color=#a066d0]Uber[/color] to pick you for psychological evaluation at [color=#b0009b]Yabaleft®[/color]

obembet:
I don't think anybody in this great forum press phone than I do which I believe it as become something else. I can't stay 5 minutes without. Touching my phone.

I have my phone with me at all times and check it hundreds of times a day. From WhatsApp Message to Nairalander to Twitter and so on.

Please my great Nairalanders, help me, how can I reduce this attitude, it becoming something else.

Get married and have kids, It ll reduce your screen time both on tv and phone

Legalcriminal:
Not really cuz the only time my phone rest is when I’m sleeping from Playing Call of duty, bomb some website, 8ball pools, iMessage games Twitter trend, Nairaland update in fact it’s very long.

Cod username
Let's connect

Go get busy by getting a job

obembet:
I don't think anybody in this great forum press phone than I do which I believe it as become something else. I can't stay 5 minutes without. Touching my phone.

I have my phone with me at all times and check it hundreds of times a day. From WhatsApp Message to Nairalander to Twitter and so on.

Please my great Nairalanders, help me, how can I reduce this attitude, it becoming something else.

You better make some readjustment by ignoring your phone and thinking of other things to do outside your phone.

It's really funny o, is it that you don't have work to do, that you'll be pressing phone from morning till night??
Or don't you know concentrating your eyes on a phone for too long can affect your eye lens??

Am also sure you dont have a boyfriend, because no guy will take that from you.


For your own good pls reduce it.

obembet:
I don't think anybody in this great forum press phone than I do which I believe it as become something else. I can't stay 5 minutes without. Touching my phone.

I have my phone with me at all times and check it hundreds of times a day. From WhatsApp Message to Nairalander to Twitter and so on.

Please my great Nairalanders, help me, how can I reduce this attitude, it becoming something else.

Go on YouTube and search "Jim Rohn motivation"...watch for 10 to 15min, daily. If you're using Android, download Binaural Beats Brain Wave from play store and listen to any of the binaural beats of your choice. Make this a daily routine. Thank me later.

Pressing your phone daily is really not the problem rather it is what you spend your time doing with the phone that matters.