The new model of life in social networks

past Article refusal from social networks sparked heated debate and a very polar - from the author of the recommendations go to a psychiatrist to gratitude. But hundreds (maybe thousands) of our readers took a break from chewing thoughtless "social hay" and thought, why would they all of this. This, then was the purpose of publication. But we are not reactionaries and do not suggest you to live in a cave and run with a spear for the roe deer to survive. We propose to begin to think and give us something different from "TV-zombie"In your online experience. In this article I will tell you how to himself built the consumption of social media and the system of publishing them.

1. Stop broadcast live!

Prophetic network everything that is happening around you, you will not Ashton Kutcher and Alexei Navalny. They are popular and of interest to all not because of its Twitter, but because of what they do in life. In the real, not virtual. Do not confuse cause and effect. Watch this video:

You are changing the real world on a small mobile phone box, albeit with a steep Retina-screen TV. You limit your world of infinite resolution on the resolution of 960 × 640, which has no odor and tactile sensations. All your senses are focused on posting and response "there" instead of here, where you currently are. Why do you?

Try to go back to the roots of what is happening on the Internet. Use your Twitter or VKontakte as transport real thoughts, not the momentary hysterical outbursts. Start or dig for a long time private blog and write in it. Write intelligently. You do not need to stream a walk around the city or the island in real time. Instead, make a report, meaningful post that somehow can be useful to people, and you in the future. Unload your consciousness from short-term reactions to your "friends" and allow yourself to enjoy the journey. Let there be a reaction (huskies, retweets, comments) on it, but then let them be.

I often compare themselves to short-term postings in social networking with a desire to say stuff in the comments on this blog. It so happens that some of you unnecessarily offend the authors Layfhakera and we want to reciprocate. We answer :) Writing a comment to you, and then erase it without posting. Troll hungry and die, and our nervous system is satisfied. And with social networks - write a fresh update, and delete it without posting. You will realize that the world does not suffer from the lack of a regular "status" from you. Try a couple of times and you will find that on the statuses do not need to waste time - they are meaningless.

2. Select those networks that are useful to you and use them with filters

What use is to use all your social networks? In practice it may be that you read people in a comfortable mobile network the Path, which cross-posts all in not that cozy Foursquare, Facebook and Twitter. You see again and again the same thing, and spend a lot of time laykanie, and friends - to respond to the Huskies. Everything is repeated again and again. Day after day. Seconds Skopje years spent on anything.

Delete unnecessary, for myself, I decided to leave the service of the Foursquare, which is the new version of very great help to me in finding the right in my town and traveling. Yet I still have Twitter, but not in the mode of permanent residence on the computer screen, but only in the moments when I need help with the online community. on Twitter while away the time I did not, for this is the book and on the phone and on the tablet. Facebook tape I stopped reading and advise you - hysterical policy nyashnye seals, blunt demotivators and the same card... I do not need, and it is not useful for my work and my time. From the Path, I also refused.

However, I use Facebook mechanisms for the selection of the most trending topics and articles. But between them and Facebook, I lifted the filter - Flipboard. This is a program for iPhone and iPad, which makes squeeze the most interesting among your subscriptions on Facebook. This squeeze you read for 10 minutes without being distracted by the comments to Facebook. The program can disable status updates and disable those friends who fumbles not very cool content:

And most importantly - you are not sucked into the vortex of the network. You do not start a conversation that is not planned. You do not go for pages and groups that do not react to advertising another brand that strongly presilno wants to start a dialogue with you and you laugh (Brands you laugh constantly due to the fact that laughter - a positive response, and brands want you to cause positive associations - both with salivation on bell at Pavlov's dogs).

You are viewing at the time when it is planned to do and end up consciously content consumption.

3. use groups

If you need to communicate with your friends in Facebook (real, not network addictsThat surround us), the use of this private group. They are also ideal for the theme of dialogue and communication for the small teams. But remember the main rule - do not go to a feed and turn off real-time news ticker. You do not need!

I have interests:

— The area where I live. To solve its problems, and discuss issues of concern to us, my friend and I created a closed group, which can be accessed only by invitation. Today, the group of 300+ people, among them regional MPs, officials, representatives of utilities and ordinary people who share photos of the area and then the pleasures of problems. With this group we do not give supply the illegal stalls, going on Saturdays, meet people and share the history of our area. None of this would have happened in the news feed - there is only a momentary emotional advertising thrash with seals and politics.

— SMM. I worked account director'om leading digital-agency and then its strategic director'om, and now I'm interested to communicate with participants in this market. There are interesting and uzkotematichno in the news feed is no such information.

— Buffer bay and ULCAMP. This is the page where we discuss our achievements and fakapy to work and prepare our large-scale IT-event on the banks of the Volga River. Useful information and any non-thematic noise!

— Friends. Private completely closed group, in which we are going to visit each other. Yesterday, for example, planned to march to the football team to support Ukraine in its battle with France. In this tape is not and never will be.

What, then, is to news feeds? Here 'football niochem ", and in the evening will be" political niochem "!

4. Remove the mobile app

Mobile applications are so loved by their creators because of the fact that the user can pull out at any time of his life, and stick the nose in a screen. Remove Facebook from your phone and you do not receive notification of the mountain. Else you will not be able to instantly publish all row in the network. Go mobile on facebook.com and you will know that there is the same Facebook, as well as your remote application, but without posting pictures. Same thing with Twitter.com. Create your own little barrier to entry, and publication and you will find that "it does not hurt-and I want to!"

I left alone Facebook Messenger, through which I communicate the way I do it by SMS. These messages still reach me.

Do not substitute your reaction to the shocking events simply a rehash. Better not do instantly census and think about what else you can do, except the key Like or Retweet. First embark on something and understand what is happening, and then push Like. Get familiar with what is happening. Do not skip on headers.

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6. Start the day with social media

"What do you call a boat, so it will float"

How do you start the day, so he will be held. Try not to start the day with news feeds or RSS, and with the creation of something. Write an article or post to your blog on a theme exciting you. Start writing a book on the topic in which you are special, and build upon a little. Create a plan for the day or just meditate (soon we'll show you how to do it right). You can run or finally start to do gymnastics;) Do something that comes from you, and do not start the day with a response to external stimuli. It may well be that the news about the band you do not remember the day.

I hope that my recommendations will be useful.