There was a time when the internet was in infancy and people loved the ability to share the world with someone from the other side of the planet. I remember playing Microsoft Reversi for the first time with a stranger as a kid and it blew my mind that I was playing it with a real person from some other country. And then we found Wikipedia and how useful it was in cross-checking a lot of stuff. Online gaming and so so so many things that were pretty cool for the first time.
Then slowly something changed. Some companies realized that they can make money out of these online stuff and everything started to change from sharing thing for the heck of it to sharing stuff that makes money. And then, some evil people realized, let's hire bunch of scientists and psychologists and make these social apps as addictive as possible. So just simple willpower won't be enough. You can't just expect that you will start to change without deploying some crucial strategies.
I wanted to share strategies that have helped me live a better digital life.
Strategies that work
Intention for change and you can't force it on others - In Progress
Everyone has to make this choice for himself and you can't just start enforcing others to change just because of you. It's worse if they are kids. You might think you have control over them but they will simply stop telling you and doing it in secret anyways, so, it is a decision they have to make for themselves unless they are really small, in which case, stop putting black rectangles in their hands and start putting physical toys or DIY kits. I know, I tried this on my Roblox/Minecraft obsessed little brother by getting a science experiment kit