CUT OUT SOCIAL MEDIA OVERLOAD

Too much online chatter? Press pause on social media with these pacifying apps

There’s no doubt social media has the potential to do more harm than good. When you’re putting yourself out there on a public platform, it can attract all sorts of unwelcome attention. Throw anonymity into the mix and the results can be bad for anyone’s wellbeing.

Even if you manage to avoid these pitfalls, social media apps tend to open the floodgates on notifications, turning your device into a non-stop focus-draining machine. If you’re trying to concentrate, all this mental clutter will be most undesirable.

It is possible to put the brakes on the social media buzz and keep Twitter, Facebook and friends at bay, though. Don’t worry, that doesn’t require you to abandon these platforms entirely, but rather bring an element of balance to the constant babbling of online voices. Here’s how it’s done.