2. When with your family, do not go on social media
3. Depend more on your offline friends rather than your online friends
4. Only reply a couple of times and then leave the app, or else you will get stuck on there.
5. Set your priorities so you always achieve what you need to get done first.
6. Don't download any games --> They waste your time
7. When with your boyfriend/girlfriend, do not use social media because it never leads to anything good.
8. Don't go on your phone in bed. It takes away from your sleep and once you put your phone down, the recent glare of the screen makes it harder for you to fall asleep.
9. Put your phone on silent
10. Put your phone on airplane mode
11. Have the mainstream social media apps required to have a time limit within their app.
12. For certain apps, parental permission to use them.
13. Spend more time with your loved ones
14. Meet more friends in real life
15. Delete all your social media apps (operation cold turkey!)
16. Gov. can ban the use of smartphones while driving
17. Restaurants can offer discounts to customers who don't use their smartphone during a meal (some restaurants actually do this!)
18. Implement classes on college campuses that inform students about the harm of social media and how their time on it should be limited
19. Use a newsfeed blocker on your home page
20. Download the google accountability app to keep you in check with your screen time
21. Social media app producers should not be allowed to create addictive style apps that are too enticing for the user
22. Social media companies must be required to comply with mandatory studies on how addicting their apps are to know what they need to change
23. Social media apps could be required to post a warning about the addictiveness of their app every time the user opens it
24. Government should spread more awareness of this issue (running more commercials)
25. Set an age limit for some social media apps.
26. Don't allow children to have smart phones until a certain age.
27. Find Offline Hobbies
28. Set up a time limit/schedule for each app
29. Set a certain time of each day to check the apps to avoid constantly checking after each notification
30. When working online, take frequent breaks
31. Set a timer when you do take a work break so you know when to get back to work
32. Only share photos with a close group of friends and your family to avoid the constant judgement
33. Don't follow any famous people; leads to jealousy and makes you feel as if you need to buy what they have or look like they do which leads to people overspending
34. Move the social media apps off of your home screen.
35. Put your phone on do not disturb
36. Have someone else help monitor your screen time
37. Have social media apps kick you off after a certain time.
38. Turn off ur notifications for your most used apps
39. View social media as a treat and not as a regular thing (change the mindset)
40. Delete your most used apps
41. Switch from a smartphone to a regular cell phone to not allow yourself the ability to have these apps
42. Schools could ban smartphones during classes
43. Talk to someone about it (reSTART is a facility that aids people addicted to social media, video games, the internet, etc.)
44. Don't keep your phone in your bedroom or near you at all times.
45. Implement other activities to do when you are bored or stressed (taking a walk or a deep breathing exercise)
46. Give yourself an award if you avoid social media for a period of time (incentive)
47. Make social media have hours of operation.
48. Limit the development of new social media apps.
49. Classes should also be in middle schools and high schools talking about social media awareness to get ahead of the students before they get into the social media age
50. Social media companies must offer education to the public about the addiction of their apps
51. Customers should be required to read more books by their schools to take away from screen time
