It's interesting how we all have our own bad internet habits. For most websites I use, using it decreases my desire to use it for a while, and the effect is self-limiting. For a few, it takes too long for this to happen, and I end up spending too much time.
For me, Facebook and Twitter are the culprits. I have zero self-control, to the point where I recently reinstalled the Facebook app on my phone after realizing that having removed it just made me use the website through Chrome. D: So, yeah, I have a problem too.
I happened to stumble across your thread, having independently started taking steps to curb my own use of these sites yesterday. Here's what I've done:
- Uninstalled FB and Twitter from my phone.
- Logged out of both sites on all my devices. The idea is that the additional friction of logging in and getting my two-factor authentication token should give me enough time to realize that I'm doing something I ought not be.
- On my work device, blackholed these hosts in my /etc/hosts file, along with Google Plus for good measure.
See, I have no self-control. I can't just do a little of a thing. So I've decided that nothing is preferable to my default, "too much" amount. My intention is to stop going on these sites entirely, although after a few days I will log in to Facebook once to post that I won't be on Facebook any more.
That said, I do want to still show pictures of my son to my friends, so I'm allowing myself to stay on one social network, Instagram. For me, this network has never caused that self-sustaining addictive feedback reaction, so it seems safe enough to keep it.
I wish you the best in your journey!