Pattern
Personal social media needs a named purpose and a boundary that keeps it from becoming an automatic part of daily life.
Practice
Keep personal social media absent or narrowly bounded, and name the specific purpose before making an exception.
Start small
Choose one personal social account and write down the single purpose that justifies keeping it.
Watch out
Some relationships and communities lack a realistic alternative. Keep those compromises visible and review them over time.
Groundwork for
Concepts
- intentional friction
- A small obstacle creates time to reconsider an automatic digital action.
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