"Notice compulsive checking as a personal warning signal Twenge avoided social media entirely until her publisher essentially required her to join Twitter in 2017, and she quickly noticed in herself what she studies in others: by 2018-2019, her use had become compulsive. She reflects, "I think I have an addictive personality. I'm compulsive about certain things. And at its height when I was using it, it became that. And I did not like that." She now deliberately limits her time on the platform. The lesson: even researchers who understand the persuasive design of social media aren't immune, and recognizing the shift from purposeful use to compulsive checking is the trigger to reset your own limits. Source: Jean Twenge, The Happiness Lab, Social Media and Teen Mental Health"