Well, I am generally very appreciative of the technology of the sum of the apps, but I must mention that one of the apps that I stopped using recently is the Facebook app. In 2019 or 2018 when I joined Facebook I was very enthusiastic about it as I felt that it’s a very good platform from where you can not only learn knowledge but connect to different people and these connections might be very useful. They help you enhance your communication skills and build your connections all around the world. But as time passed on I realized that I am wasting my time on Facebook. It’s not only the waste of time but also energy and other resources. I realized that I am becoming addicted to the platform and the kind of dopamine it generated isn’t good for me as I wasn’t learning anything new from it. Moreover my sleep patterns were disturbed. It was at this point that I thought I must now stop using this Facebook app and I tried to search some alternatives. In the last few days the alternatives I came around were Scora and Facebook. Trust me when I made this decision I was skeptical that I may fall back to that app again. But to my surprise when I used this app I was so happy and over the moon to find the new content and the content on these apps is quite unique and original and they don’t look fake as compared to Facebook or some other similar apps like Instagram. On these platforms like Facebook and Instagram people post the content for views. On the other hand on Reddit people post it for the information of general public so these contents are quite unique and also interesting. Looking back now I think I have made the best decision in my life and I feel proud of it. It gives me a sense of self achievement and also gives me motivation that I can control my habits and my addictions and it’s not the other way around. I am very happy about it.
Band 8+: Describe some technology (e.g. an app, phone, software program) that you decided to stop using. You should say: when and where you got this technology why you started using this technology why you decided to stop using it and explain how you feel about the decision you made
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Well, I am generally very appreciative of technology and the various apps available, but I must mention that one of the apps I stopped using recently is the Facebook app. In 2018 or 2019, when I joined Facebook, I was very enthusiastic about it as I felt it was a great platform where I could not only gain knowledge but also connect with different people, and these connections might be very useful. They helped me enhance my communication skills and build connections all around the world. However, as time passed, I realized that I was wasting my time on Facebook. It was not only a waste of time but also energy and other resources. I realized that I was becoming addicted to the platform, and the kind of dopamine it generated wasn't good for me as I wasn't learning anything new from it. Moreover, my sleep patterns were disturbed. It was at this point that I thought I must stop using the Facebook app and I tried to search for some alternatives. In the last few days, the alternatives I came across were Scora and Reddit. Trust me, when I made this decision, I was skeptical that I might fall back to that app again. But to my surprise, when I used these alternatives, I was so happy and over the moon to find new content. The content on these apps is quite unique and original, and it doesn't seem fake compared to Facebook or other similar apps like Instagram. On platforms like Facebook and Instagram, people post content for views. On the other hand, on Reddit, people post for the information of the general public, so this content is quite unique and also interesting. Looking back now, I think I have made the best decision of my life, and I feel proud of it. It gives me a sense of self-achievement and also motivates me that I can control my habits and my addictions, and it's not the other way around. I am very happy about it.
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