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The irony of posting this to social media...
Yeah, I know it's not quite the same as the scummy corporate enterprises, but it's still got basically the same addictive features - just somewhat better about privacy.
I've noticed many, many Redditors (and by extension Lemmy folks) completely and utterly forget that this is a place for displaying media and messages, and that we are sharing in it socially.
It walks like a duck...
There's definitely nuance though, albeit it always comes down to self control anyway.
I choose when i engage with lemmy. I limit what i see on lemmy. I feel more in control and therefore more thoughtful of how i social the media.
I keep my phone on silent. I hide all notifications besides texts from loved ones/work. You have to call me twice in a row to make it make a noise.
Choosing when and how you engage with your phone vs letting the phone and companys choose when they engage with you definitely helps prevent a lot of the downsides of it all. (Also less algorithm stuff. More manually searching for what i want to spend my time doing)
Only social accounts i have are lemmy / discord with direct friends i know. Its helped me a lot.
Dunno about iOS, but on Android you can do the same things even with the commercial apps with regard to notifications, ringing, etc. You're right about the algorithms and various methods of trying to keep you "engaged," though.