This does come with the bonus of leaving far less of an advertising trail across the net, so I think it's still a win.

> You end up compulsively refreshing hn and reddit while telling yourself that you've increased your productivity.

Anecdotally, I didn't. According to this study, on average, that's not what other participants did either: "They didn’t replace Facebook with another social media platform like Twitter."

Correct. I closed all of my social media accounts 6 years ago and I must say that you do end up missing collections of stories. I could read a blog here and there but at the end I'm drawn to links and comments in a chronological order.

^^^ Bingo.

LOL. Yes. I feel the same.