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title = 'HowTo Social Media'
date = 2024-12-29
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> Social Media is a dystopian hell machine. It's bad for your privacy and health. Don't use it.

By using [minimalism/essentialism](TODO) practices we can mitigate it and its problems.

 - Remove any social media accounts if possible
 - [Use RSS](TODO) to get posts from blogs/channels/community...
 - Setup XMPP/Matrix bridge with your friends/work group chats
 - Move to [secure messenger (XMPP)](TODO) 
 - If you have to use social media, keep it minimal:
 	- Define what you **need** from social media (e.g. yt video development - you need to post new videos and answer comments)
 	- Disable notifications
 	- Disable any unnecesarry for your **needs** features (like feed, stories, channels, group chats...)
 	- Make sure it does only what you need from it and nothing more that may lure you to do what you don't want to (e.g. scroll videos)
 	- Create separate account
 	- Create separate phone profile/user to use social media
 	- Use DnD (Do not Distrube)
 	- Use more private alternative (youtube -> invidious)


[WhyNot Social Media?](/personal/whynot_social_media)