DopaMedia: sells dopamine only at the cost of attention, time & 99 others

It requires guidance and Tawfiq from Allah in the form of a strong will to get rid of any addiction. If the will is strong enough, perhaps one can simply delete social media apps in an instant.

For others, it is a step-by-step process:

1. Keep using social media as usual but switch your phone screen to grayscale; continue for 40 consecutive days. Lost continuity? Reset and start counting from one.
2. Keeping grayscale mode on, remove the apps and access social media only via browser for 40 consecutive days.
3. Find an alternative to social media. Avoid videos or music; reading PDF books is a great option. No need to replace it immediately-just identify what alternative works for you.
4. Analyze your average daily browser time and set a Digital Wellbeing timer 5 minutes below it. Lower it by 5 minutes every week (e.g., every Friday) until you reach 25 minutes per day.
5. Once you can consistently maintain 25 minutes per day via browser in grayscale mode, congratulations on the improvement! Maintain these boundaries permanently-keep grayscale on, do not reinstall apps, and keep the time limit set.
6. To go further, disable images for social media websites through your browser settings.

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Above is rewritten with Gemini. Original Draft, given below:

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(DopaMedia does not refer to the media outlets designing news with extra cheese for maximum retention. It refers to the social media that sells us dopamine in return of our attention, time and manipulated life decisions.)

It requires guidance & Tawfiq from Allah in form of strong will for getting rid of any addiction.

If the will is strong enough, perhaps one can just simply delete the social media app in an instant.

For others, maybe it is a step-by-step process-

1. Keep using the social medias as usual but make the phone screen grayscale; continue for 40 days without any break. Lost continuity? No worries. Restart and start counting from 1.

2. Keep the greyscale mode turned on, remove the app and only use from browser; continuously for 40days.

3. Find an alternative of social media. Not watching videos or listening to music. Rather, reading PDF books can be a good option. No need to start replacing right away. Just know what alternative works for you a bit.

4. Analyze how much time you spend on the browser per day on average and place 5minutes lower than it as digital wellbeing app timer. Gradually lower it by 5minutes, every week. Maybe set a day for lowering this, every Friday. Go as low as 25minutes.

5. If you reached and can continue with 25mins of social media per day through browser without an app, in greyscale mode- it seems like an improvement. Congratulations! But maybe these steps should not be reversed. Keep the phone into greyscale, don't install the apps again and keep time limit as is.

6. If you want to go further, maybe disable images through browser settings from social media websites.