-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 - --- title: "Social Media Experiment Results" author: Greg layout: post permalink: /2019/07/social-media-experiment-results/ date: 2019-07-06 08:41:37 -0400 comments: True licence: Creative Commons categories: - quantified self tags: - experiments - results - --- > If we had hard metrics relating the impact of [using social media] on bottom line, our current technopoly would likely crumble. - Deep Work by Cal Newport. Cal Newport raises an interesting concept that deserves testing. I created [Memair DNS](https://memair.com/dns) in order to test the effect of social media. In my [first experiment](/2019/05/self-experimentation-with-social-media/) I tested self reported happiness for 60 days. The results were alarming.
There is possible bias introduced by my preconceptions. However with these results, I can confidently conclude that social media is having a negative effect on my happiness. ### Unfriending Facebook Facebook's network effect makes it difficult to leave. There is, however, value in my Facebook network so I don't want to delete my account. I have opted to encourage communication via email by changing my profile pic to email instructions.
I will change my habits and check Facebook once a week on Fridays. Eventually moving to once every 2 weeks and then once a month. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEESYClA57JitMYg1JBb8nUVLEJtZ8FAmIc10AACgkQb8nUVLEJ tZ/N1g//Y3H92eoDEuF67Fb/BDUVw2b6qErISC8EEomZL9muO/4SRatfre7IN0bY fiXCsRmYbu5tesQkkWOrMuV7uhnBn+kq8oUDgoONAhU5fluOpIP0l8NIYMSpcj76 xA0CmTpdxFeFmTpMGRWEOG4fTH49tLki5fkynFN9bUABG4AXCWLpwFaVrxMf+9JT U0iOz6MrYMrws8BURnPk9/ZjYJRVvkY8QteHD0VHmkcJF0PLEiRFRH7NZfhnBT3W OHoDY3P3rNeN3RF/QdoY1P1jTzZPVEtP3igqklbVW/WZHZMSHz/g4mrkcoovHE6Z o/4btG2t7H5Ql6M/N+6YDrbaAz6kpuBkhLHSbAEG4j56Yu3HgpvhgO2D25rkkHyf eE4nYcDvBRyCMlhKicNbgJRE4l3kupMjTFyRas8y7y6a4lEw9eZNRJhUBQJL345n FPHCE61vlHxydqC2X3E52E8a9jNU2zN3vOLp8w9t2gQtstFBZmw49nzLgSAUcKFh ZSKAGiWeiImlhfXn5qj7ZYGZmlZqGNH2LRsGEzBSpnRG4PNl2JNOfMzGgoeltnPC PWXLKqcNnTU7AwrWJOBVT4Bq3khma6DDjjJ8XcnLv74uGWIlBGS5Q8ioPY6IwEZv Cj/3fLZ7egqT6nm+6M1O7y6Sy682+/06ddZpqllA91c0kOmofn0= =Lht6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----