{"id":19100,"date":"2020-01-15T10:09:54","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T10:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-can-i-stop-scrolling-on-facebook-too-much-i-dont-want-to-close-the-account-as-it-is-too-useful\/"},"modified":"2022-12-19T15:52:06","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T15:52:06","slug":"how-can-i-stop-scrolling-on-facebook-too-much-i-dont-want-to-close-the-account-as-it-is-too-useful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-can-i-stop-scrolling-on-facebook-too-much-i-dont-want-to-close-the-account-as-it-is-too-useful\/","title":{"rendered":"How can I stop scrolling on Facebook too much? I don&#8217;t want to close the account as it is too useful"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Juan E.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">Useful how? Mine was useful in two ways, fb marketplace for purging and other sites that encouraged simplicity. I created another fb page and friended myself. Then I joined all the market places and the encouraging sites. I told my bestie so we became friends and then I deleted my actual fb. I only use the alter ego one. I am still purging and I get encouragement. No drama and no mindless scrolling for hrs<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"thefa-test2 thefa-entity-placement\" id=\"thefa-924404720\"><div id=\"thefa-3805883509\"><style>.thefa-test2 {margin-bottom: 24px;}<\/style>\r\n<div class=\"banner-content-position light-viol\">\r\n<div class=\"banner-text max400\">Don't let a good life slip away<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/start.thefabulous.co\/onboarding\/fabulous-initial?utm_source=community-qa&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=afterfirstquestionoranswer-purple-achievegoals\" class=\"banner-cta red w-inline-block\">\r\n<div>Start today<\/div><\/a>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Michelle N.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">Set yourself a time limit,  allow yourself space to scroll through social media without it interrupting time with loved ones.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Gilberto Y.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">Signing out and having the app not remembering  me works ok to keep some control in my case. Deleting the app from the phone could be an option and maybe just checking it less often from the browser, maybe set up a time and&#x2F;or date. Using that time for something more valuable instead of fb is worth it. I am still working on it myself. Good luck!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Sheila C.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">The best way is to delete social media apps from your phone. If you want to use them, you have to go into the websites (which you can do from your phone) buy not having the app has helped to reduce my time for sure<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Mahmuda N.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">When you  are working sit on your desk and throw your phone out of you area so that you cannot take you phone when you\u2019re working<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juan E. Useful how? Mine was useful in two ways, fb marketplace for purging and other sites that encouraged simplicity. I created another fb page and friended myself. Then I joined all the market places and the encouraging sites. I told my bestie so we became friends and then I deleted my actual fb. I only use the alter ego one. I am still purging&#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-can-i-stop-scrolling-on-facebook-too-much-i-dont-want-to-close-the-account-as-it-is-too-useful\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9961],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How can I stop scrolling on Facebook too much? 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