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2 Tools That Will Help You Stop Scrolling Endlessly Through Facebook
And start using it more intentionally
Social media is designed to suck you in.
Why else would they work so hard to build and pay to support such a behemoth platform unless they were making loads of money? And how do you think they make their money?
Facebook is specifically designed to keep you scrolling through your news feed so that you see more ads.
You don’t like scrolling through endlessly, but you do it anyway because your brain can’t help it. Facebook knows this. It’s making billions of dollars by taking advantage of you.
But Facebook can be invaluable depending on how you use it.
For example, I ask a question every day on Facebook. I have loved the additional connection I get from the interactions I have reading and replying to answers I get.
The other benefit of Facebook is groups. I am part of multiple groups that help me become a better writer and blogger. I created a group for a fun side hustle. In the future, I plan to create groups and maybe even ads to help me grow the online coaching business that I’m currently working on.
So if Facebook is useful enough that it’s not worth getting rid of, how can we use it more intentionally?
Here are two simple tricks I’ve employed to allow me to utilize Facebook to connect with people without getting sucked in.
Keep in mind that these will only work for the desktop version of the app. If you want help with becoming more purposeful in the mobile version, well, the easiest answer is to delete the app. I’ve never downloaded the Facebook app onto my phone, and for good reason.
If you really want to make social media work for you instead of the other way around, then it won’t matter to you if have to use a computer to access it.
News Feed Eradicator for Facebook
This resource is fantastic. With this easy to use Google Chrome extension, your news feed is gone. Here is what Facebook looks like for me now:
