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No Scroll October starts tomorrow!
🕑 Added 2025-09-30 18:00:07 +0000 UTCFor anyone who wants to join me in a month of ditching the algorithms - but still keeping our devices on and around - I've drafted up some 'rules' for No Scroll October. (Feel free to make your own rules! I also decided I will be keeping Pinterest in the rotation - and to that end, a Pinterest board I made for October)
I now present - me trying to coax you into joining No Scroll October!
The Research: So much research (some examples here, here, and here) has been done to prove that excessive scrolling on algorithms is linked to higher rates of anxiety, depression, poor sleep, reduced attention, and compulsive dopamine-driven use. Aren't you sick and tired of feeling sick and tired?!
The Vain: I want to get rid of my 'nerd neck' that I've developed from daily hours of staring down at my phone!
Getting Extra Time: The average person scrolls for 2-3 hours a day...which means we will be getting 60 to 90 extra hours in October. I could cry just looking at that. What the hell am I doing on my phone so much? 60 to 90 hours? I could read 10 books. I could write 5!! I could do all of the things on my forever growing 'to do list' that I "never have time for" but when you take away scrolling....oh, there is time
Saving Money: Less exposure to ads and social comparison! If I'm avoiding the algorithm I'm also avoiding so many ads on a daily basis, and avoiding the trap of envy and wanting things that I didn't know I wanted before because I wasn't seeing them
Spurring on Creativity: Creativity thrives in boredom, and it is killed in the algorithms! Think of what you could unlock creatively if you avoid algorithms for even just a month...
Seasonal Reset Timing: October is already such a fun month with Halloween activities, the leaves changing, that 'back to school' feeling in the air. Ripe timing to start a no scroll month! Save the scrolling months for January and February
Superiority Complex: Don't you want to feel better than all of the sheeple who are scrolling constantly??
I hope I've made a solid case for you to join me! (I say, slightly desperately as I feel like avoiding algorithms for even a month might make me itchy). LET'S DO THIS!!!
Comments
Meep
It’s day 2 here in Australia and I just started scrolling Instagram completely subconsciously!
Nat N
can you come back here in a month and tell us your findings? i.e. did you like it? will you do more things like this in the future? did your algorithms change since you weren’t using them? etc etc 🫶
