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Notifications are so killer. It's really interesting to try to think of social media as a tool. I think it's kind of a tough feat to be honest. Your advice is very good, but still hard to implement. There's also the feeling as a content creator that not being "online" all the time will be a detriment to their earnings. I do not envy creators who rely on social media to grow/make money. Actually, I am sure my substack would benefit greatly from using social media regularly, but even following your advice, I know i'd get sucked back in.

Your title really resonated with me though. I would love if creators could take back the power from Meta shareholders.

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Thank you.

Why don't you run a small experiment? Just a few weeks without or with very limited use of social media

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Oh I don't use it anymore.

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Great!

I misunderstood your comment.

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It's incredible the amount of time we waste on social media.

A few months I deleted all my social apps from my phone and it was breeze of fresh air - literally. Plus my productivity went through the roof.

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Are you still building an audience on LinkedIn? Do you do it on your computer?

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Yes, it's still my #1 platform in terms of size and that's where I grow my audience for B2B (public speaking).

I do it from my Laptop and the search function is better there too to refine the criteria.

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This is really, random. But I wrote a very similar article yesterday. I was up against a deadline of publishing today (sunday) and was reminded of how useful brain.fm has been to me to switch off and concentrate.

Like you I love Freedom.to and also have a ‘stop the notifications’ policy on my phone.

My article’s angle was a little more to getting rid of distractions so you can focus.

https://substack.com/home/post/p-150438782?r=l8khy&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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“notifications must die”! Love this! It’s true- the only way not to get distracted! Great piece!

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Thanks!

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