Ask HN: How do you avoid dopamine addiction on social media?
Giving up or blocking social media is much less interesting than being self-aware and looking for ways to get your social media dopamine from things that feel genuinely constructive or interesting. I found “Against Waldenponding” (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;studio.ribbonfarm.com&#x2F;p&#x2F;against-waldenponding" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;studio.ribbonfarm.com&#x2F;p&#x2F;against-waldenponding</a>) to be, if not 100% correct and credible, at least a very novel and persuasive argument that you probably owe it to yourself to be on social media <i>more</i>, not less, and its up to you to not be stupid about it.<p>My personal guidelines (not rules) for Being Online have evolved to something like this:<p>1. Make things, and talk about the things you make.<p>2. Contribute ideas that, as far as you can see, would be missing from the world if you specifically didn’t offer them.<p>3. Spend a lot of time reading other people.<p>4. Throw points at people you agree with. Upvotes and twitter likes are free. Use dollars, too.<p>5. If you can’t think of anything to say, go make something tangible worth talking about.<p>6. Keep your feed weighted towards people who seem to follow these guidelines.<p>7. Be aware that, absent any truly original ideas, anything you would post with the motive of “being right online” is usually basic and shitty. Filter outbound material with prejudice.