Average phone use

How many hours a day do you reckon you look at your phone?

I’ve got a Chrome blocker set to 45 mins but I often bypass it. My average is 2 hours. It doesn’t seem much compared to when I was a teenager on my PC posting on forums until 1am, but as an adult that still feels like too much because I don’t enjoy it. DiS is the only good website.

Don’t really fuck with apps. Tidal and WhatsApp is all I use really

I prefer not to know or think about it.

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This except 4hrs

No idea - it tells me once a week, but I’ve often got the screen on with whatever music is playing but I’m not looking at it, so just ignore the totals it gives me.

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I’m heinously addicted to my phone, so it’s not something I like to think about.

It ramps up when I’m depressed too which I have been recently (which makes me more depressed, obvs)

Currently trying to average out at under 4 hours a day. My usual average is…higher than that.

Got blockers on Insta and Reddit and Discord. Should probably put one on my web browser as well tbh but my wandering brain demands the ability to look stuff up in a heartbeat.

Got a spot in every room to put the phone out of sight in but I don’t actually do that often enough. And I have my fitness watch buzzing whenever I get a whatsapp message or a phone call which doesn’t help.

2 hours per day is a really, really good week for me tbh.

A bad week can be like 8 hours a day somehow.

It’s an ongoing struggle for me to regulate my usage tbh. I’m currently at 4 hours a day this week and I’ve even read literally two full books and been to the cinema one evening. Idk how it’s happening.

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Think it usually comes out to about four hours a day, which feels ridiculous. Trying to do less. Made a start by ditching basically all social media. Now it’s just DiS and YouTube holding me back.

DiS is my only social media. I tried Instagram again recently but find myself reading the vile comments too much.

DiS feels, idk, more pure and old school. Nice, small community. No intrusive shit from any old cunt.

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usually between 2 and 3 hours a day. It feels like cheating though because I must spend so many more than that on my laptop (in addition to using it for work).

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Other screens don’t count.

Source: they just can’t oh god please don’t make me think about that

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About 4 hrs - which seems a lot but then I’ve got my fitness apps, music, messages, bank - all that stuff

Instagram is about an hour - should get rid of that, that’s not cool

I don’t want to know because it will just make me sad

I use my phone a lot and I would be much more isolated if I didn’t.

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About 5hrs a day :grimacing::grimacing:

I’m looking at my phone now and that’s all that matters

Less than an hour a day

I stare at a screen for 8 hours every day at work so what’s an extra 6 hours on my phone.

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7 hrs a day. Couldn’t give a fuck

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Wish i was you. I beat myself up about everything i do