Guesstimate:
Most used apps are likely going to be Twitter, YouTube, and Spotify, probably in that order. I don’t know if Spotify counts when the app is closed and just playing music, but the results are probably the same, as I usually listen to music through vinyl or on my desktop Spotify. I also fall asleep with YouTube on often, so It will likely skew the data there.
1- Make a list of what the Internet/phones train that’s beneficial; Then make a list of what behaviors are displaced, disrupted or harmed.
-It trains me to fact check knowledge often, instead of blindly accepting comments.
-trains me to regularly maintain contact with others who I would otherwise not contact as much
-harms in person social patterns, spend more time with people on the phone than in person.
-trains to doomscrolling and not allowing yourself to be bored
-trains to pull out phone in social situations
2- List at least 3 APP/Internet examples of bad friction & how it generates harm.Then list at least 3 examples of good friction? Are they defaults? Or user settings?
-Mandatory pre-roll advertisements in YouTube videos, adds effort without care and pushes advertisements
-takes effort to remove the option for seeing YouTube shorts on YouTube – effort without care and pushes advertisements
-seeing an ad every 3 tiktoks and how easy it is to accidentally swipe to the TikTok shop – pushes advertisements
-Forcing AI into everything, specifically google search AI result
Good
-twitter having a ‘following only’ feed to only see people you want to
-YouTube defaulting to showing you creators you’re subscribed to
-games having those “you’ve been playing a while, take a break?” pop up
3: pick one distressing feeling that emerges when you try a digital fast –
-Boredom
-if I focused my attention and energy on boredom, It would essentially become meditation and I would
likely become more in touch with my emotions, and potentially reach higher levels of the maslows pyramid
I would likely spend more energy doing things to make myself less bored, and would become more productive
instead of spending so much time online
