Ask Manoush: (Warning! This Post Requires Willpower)
Originally published February 4, 2015.
As you probably heard this morning, deleting the game Two Dots was an emotional experience for me. To put it mildly.
A report: OK, so I'm still in mourning.
But I'm still here. I'm more productive. I'm not going to reinstall the app tomorrow.
Whew.
I want to answer three questions that have come up in various ways this morning:
Q1: Wait... are you getting me addicted to something else? Are you offering me heroin in place of cocaine?
Oh no! I'm reading through the #ntcdelete tweets for #boredandbrilliant, getting ideas for new games to download post-challenge. : (
— Anne Fernald (@Fernham) February 4, 2015
A1: I'll admit, this is a risk. I mean, look at the list below. Temptation comes in many many forms. We have to be able to live among the candy-soda-trivia-cocktails.
Which brings me to....
Q2: Which app should I delete?
what should I delete? #NTCDelete
— sugar (@honestSFist) February 4, 2015
@emanhaly In a strange way, this is a good metric for app popularity & perception. What do we use and do we think it's a waste? #NTCDelete
— DCS (@criminy_cricket) February 4, 2015
A2: So, by that logic here's the list (the links are to responses from Bored and Brilliant participants, don't worry) as of Wednesday afternoon:
- Snapchat
- Candy Crush
- Soda Candy Crush
- Bejeweled
- Solitaire
- Spider Solitaire
- Killer Sudoku
- HayDay
- Trivia Crack
- QuizUp
- 1010
- 2048
- WWF
- The Kardashian game
- Godus
- Plants Vs. Zombies
- Minion Rush
- AE Bubble
- Whirly Word
- YikYak
- Clash of Clans
- Crossy Road
- Trivia Crack
- "Smarmy tabloid weather news 'gotcha to look' app"
- BitStrips
- Game Twist Slots and Hungry Shark Revolution
- Tumblr
- Spotify
- Google Hangouts
- Chrome, Safari, Firefox
- EBay
- Banking apps
Q3: So how do you steel yourself against them?
A3: I'm gonna let you all answer this one.
Batch delete
Since deleting one app just makes me use the others more, I got rid of Instagram *and* Twitter, Tumblr, and Facebook. o_O #NTCDelete
— Jen ✏️ (@mellowbeing) February 4, 2015
I deleted Facebook AND twitter from my phone for #NTCDelete because I WILL BE REBORN ANEW. @NewTechCity
— Nate Bennett (@itsnatebennett) February 4, 2015
Don't save your passwords
I wonder how many people deleted Facebook by itself for #NTCDelete? Gonna have to go around myself and clear browser history, never save PWs
— Jen (@wordpainting) February 4, 2015
Put Moment or BreakFree where that app used to sit
"Meghan Powell Deleted FB but I had to come back to tell you that I put the Break Free app in FB's spot on my homescreen. Ok that's all... byeeeeeee!"
Recruit some help
@limlouisa I think so, but we can send gentle reminders. We should keep it up w a forum or /r, as long as we don't get hooked. #NTCDelete
— Eman Hassaballa Aly (@EmanHAly) February 4, 2015
