Best practices and examples?
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Delete your accounts. Don't make new ones.
Easier said then done but in the end that's all it comes down to.
Set a timer. 5 minutes social media in the morning,
5 minutes in the afternoon. It´s enough social media
+ you will realise that it´s boring and always the same
Don't pay for Internet, whenever you need to do something online you can just go to a public library and use their computer, assuming you live in the US. That's the more extreme option.
The more realistic option is don't be involved in anything. No commenting, no interactions in posts/threads. Eventually you'll be able to decide whether you want to delete your account, if that is your goal. Alongside this decision though you'd also have to find strong social groups outside of social media just to fill that void. You'd be surprised how much everyone sucks at becoming friends because they all have this barrier they're trying to keep. Just keep your chin up and keep trying, don't try too hard though it might come off as clingy.
I could just delete my social media accounts but personally I want to still be able to interact with family and friends. Right now I more treat social media like reading a newspaper, just to see what the digital world is up to. I find it refreshing to balance both the digital and real world, kind of like a "only take what you need" sort of thing. Because I still find social media quite helpful. I usually do research before diving into a new job, hobbies, necessities or just interest. I don't want to restrict myself to valuable informations especially in this day in age.
These are just my personal examples, definitely not for everyone.
Check your socials in the morning, 5-10 minutes.
Log out, do your housechores, groceries, work, study.
If you barely got any notifications, then with more reason there is no need for you to be online so much.
If you do, then put another 5-10 minutes break to check on them, be it at lunch, merienda or dinner.
Only stay online a bit longer if you have nothing better to do.
If you do actually use your social media to promote your work, then you'll need to invest a bit of time on it, but I personally just try to schedule most of my stuff so I don't have to go by hand and post it. And I have a multi-platform poster (Buffer) so I don't have to check each social's website and distract myself with whatever shows in the feed. I believe if I could see notifications from Buffer, I wouldn't need to even check socials and go back to work even faster, unless I specifically want to see what friends post (Which I already made a list of favorites or highlighted section so I don't have to dig between Ads or other people I follow)
I shut off the 4g on my phone. Wifi too. So it takes some effort just to go online.
Most of the stuff on social media is stupid anyway 
so it rarely happens that I obsessively scroll social media
I think if the reason to get off social media is "I am constantly doomscrolling/seeing upsetting discourse/having a bad time on social media but I can't stop" then having a physical thing to do is really helpful. Engaging in a local community, going on walks, working on a painting or renovating furniture or writing in a notebook. Something meaningful that you do away from the screen. I think it helps if its something you do with others, to remind yourself that real people exist and people don't act as stupid in real life as they often do online. And if you're doing something meaningful instead of looking at people being angry, you will be less angry yourself. And one you'll ask yourself why people even get so worked up about silly things.
On the other hand, if your reason is "I have things to do but instead of doing them I am spending my time on social media" then you want to make going on social media less convenient while making the things you have to do more accessible and easy to do. I think turning off 4G or having a plan where you don't have unlimited data is one good thing already mentioned. Have your charging station in a place where you can't hang around while your stuff is charging. Or have a place where you leave your phone/computer/ipad and you have to always get up and get it if you want to access it. if you need your computer to do your Thing but the Social Media is also on your computer distracting you, go somewhere without internet connection. I like to go to a café or the library and not get the internet access info.
And turn off notifications! That's how they get you back onto their apps when you finally manage to leave the.
Find something to do instead of scrolling social media. Something like a video game or craft so your hands are busy with something.
Limit access to social media. You can delete the apps and only check it when you are using your desktop. This will help limit bedtime scrolling if that is an issue.
Find healthier ways to interact with people or find news/current events (if that is what you use social media for). If you feel like Twitter or TikTok is leading you down horrible rabbitholes, could you find other places to get your positive posts and interactions that would help avoid that?
Then you may need to either put blockers in your phone, that prevent you from entering certain apps and websites during certain periods of time. Maybe to lock away and leave your phone somewhere else, like in a drawer or something.
I honestly don't understand much what kind of advice are you specifically looking for since your replies and post itself are extremely short.
Well, if the problem is sitting alone and doing nothing then they just have to occupy their time doing something else, no matter how grand or non-important it is, sometimes you have to do something even if its insignificant but at least to avoid routine or simply cut down another action.
My go-to break from social media is simply doing errands, housechores, play video-games or take care of my cats, personally I can sit down and do nothing like staring at a wall or just drink some coffee while looking out my window.
But I get that stuff seems to be too mundane for others, therefore they just feel bad doing nothing. And I think that should be addressed in therapy, with professionals since its usually attached to feeling of guilt and overachievement. I go through that too myself but learned to just not punish myself if I do nothing, especially since I have days of executive dysfunction, I even put reminders at time to drink water or put everything I need near me so even walking a few steps is not a tremendous task. No matter how dumb or childlike, if it helps you cope there is nothing wrong with that.
But again, I don't think any advice is going to be even 50% helpful, since we don't know you and this post itself seems to be way too vague. Kinda hard to know from which angle to tackle it.
Sorry, such a thing doesn't exist here. The only ones that can delete that comment is a mod or myself.
I deleted my youtube app and my tiktok app and also keep my phone out of my bedroom now and things are better for it. Like imagine, being awake in the morning earlier than 11:50 AM two days from now. I don't experience that until I take my phone out of my room. I'm basically challenging myself from now on to use my phone as little as possible (not throwing it out but like not making it the default thing I do throughout the day.
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