Hey,
Obviously people get pushed into social media widely influenced by the group. But I was wondering if you already lived something like that and how was it presented to you?
Hello everyone
Lately I ve been thinking that social media is not necessarily bad. I really just think that the short form video content are polluting the whole social media thing
What do you think?
i almost failed my first year at TU Delft because of reels every time i tried to quit cold turkey it failed so 10 days ago i decided to build something instead of complaining
heres what happened
got a domain landing page and reddit post up in 4 days posted on r digitalminimalism without expecting anything 2.8k views 10 real comments actual conversations about the problem
then something clicked 10 people signed up not friends strangers who found my landing page and gave me their email
what i learned from those conversations
1 cold turkey doesnt work for most people everyone i talked to said they tried deleting the app and always came back within 2 weeks
2 the problem isnt the app its the feed people said they needed instagram dms and stories but the reels feed was the trap
3 gradual reduction actually sticks the people who had success didnt quit cold turkey they slowly reduced their time and retrained their habits
4 parents are desperate for solutions got validated by a parent at YES delft who said his kid spends 4 hours a day on reels instead of studying
so im building feedmute removes short form feeds without deleting apps coaches you gradually instead of hard blocking
competitor has 50k downloads and 2 star rating because hard blocking doesnt work psychologically
the thing im most surprised about nobody asked me to build this they just found it and wanted it thats how i know the problem is real
whats kept you scrolling the longest and what actually worked when you tried to stop?
you know when you open instagram for one second and suddenly it's been 45 minutes.
I am building Feedmute an app that removes short form video content without deleting the apps themselves. Not a blocker. A coach. You set your goal (like 10 min/day) and we gradually reduce your feed time week by week.
The competitor (Scroll Guard) has 50k downloads and 2 star iOS rating people want this but nothing works properly.
We're 10 days in with 10 signups, 2.8k Reddit views, and validated demand from parents + students.
I need a technical co-founder: Kotlin + Android, ideally understands Accessibility Services or APK modification approaches (VPN layer won't work due to encryption, figured that out this week).
Equity on the table. Building fast.
DM me if interested or know someone.
Hi, I was wondering if doing it with a friend could improve the rate of succeeding