Digital Detox
- “does a digital detox work”
- “how long should a digital detox be”
- “digital detox evidence”
- “should i quit social media”
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Digital detoxvsJOMO
The short answer
A digital detox is a withdrawal protocol with a start and an end date. JOMO is a disposition that requires no abstinence at all — you can hold it while using the same apps. One changes your behaviour; the other changes who is deciding.
Side by side
| Aspect | Digital detox | JOMO |
|---|---|---|
| Requires abstinence | Yes | No |
| Time-boxed | Yes | No |
| Sellable | Highly | Barely |
| Can raise FOMO | Documented | No |
Which one you meant
Readers who land here meaning Digital Detox rather than JOMO are usually searching for phrases like “does a digital detox work”, “how long should a digital detox be”, “digital detox evidence”.
JOMO
- “what does jomo mean”
- “who coined jomo”
- “jomo vs fomo”
- “joy of missing out”
Which came first
Digital detox. 2011 — Earliest attested use, in Gavin Jocius's The Age of Annoyance: Managing our Frustrations with Information Overload, which already calls it 'a nice idea and equally clever marketing trick'.
- 2011Digital DetoxEarliest attested use, in Gavin Jocius's The Age of Annoyance: Managing our Frustrations with Information Overload, which already calls it 'a nice idea and equally clever marketing trick'.
- 19 July 2012JOMOAnil Dash publishes 'JOMO!', writing that there can be, and should be, 'a blissful, serene enjoyment in knowing, and celebrating, that there are folks out there having the time of their life at something that you might have loved to, but are simply skipping'.
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