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I know I can't shake instagram for good, i'm not that strong, but I deleted the app and only go on the browser when I really feel like I need to be on it. makes it a much less desirable experience and I spend way less time on my phone in general
Apr 30, 2024
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📵I’m not strong enough to go full cold-turkey and delete my Instagram, but I am also not strong enough to limit my screen intake. My solution: delete the Instragram app and login on the browser. It is an absolutely horrible user experience so I’m never on longer than a few minutes. Get in, get out!
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⭐I deleted the app off my phone, but I’m logged in on browser and I check stories and messages there.
But I kinda love not having IG with me wherever I go. It quells the urge to post everything for validation or to prove I’m having fun/looking hot.
I also don’t get the crazy ads on browser, and I don’t get sucked into the insanity of the explore page (which is exclusively weight-loss content somehow) because on browser, search and discover are different buttons.
A lot of 2025 for me has been treating my Poster’s Disease. I nuked my Twitter/X account, and only use Bluesky (took that app off my phone too). I’ll download the Instagram app like once a week to share some work and things to stories, but I feel 10000x more sane not scrolling the app on my phone all the time. I’ll check Reddit or Substack apps if I need a lil scroll action.
Read, write, be present with your friends. Take back your attention in anyway you can!
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🎱i have an iphone and deleting instagram off of my homescreen (so that i can still access the app if i want) is a game changer. it helps to curb the kind of muscle memory you get from opening it automatically to begin the mindless scroll. i still check it maybe look at a few posts but overall i'm barely on it now. i would spend 2+ hours a day on it scrolling mindlessly and by best time was thursday when i spent a whopping seven minutes on it!!!
Apr 6, 2025
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just chill sleepy lofi with wacko visuals; you’re engaged for a second bc you’re like wtf am i looking at but then it becomes meditative
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