A NEW WAY TO END DOOMSCROLLING

Make Social Media
Deliberately Inconvenient

Stop doomscrolling by adding friction back. Move your social media apps to a cheap, low-quality tablet. Make mindless scrolling a mindful choice.

Find Your Bullshit Tablet Learn How It Works

What Is The Bullshit Tablet?

The Bullshit Tablet isn't just a cheap tablet that has your social media on it. It's a philosophy.

It's the realization that social media cleanses don't work because they're binary. You're either on or off. But the real world isn't binary. You need some social media. You just don't need it to be effortless.

The concept is simple:

  1. Buy the cheapest, most basic tablet you can find.
  2. Move all your social media apps to it.
  3. Delete them from your phone.

Now social media requires intention. You have to physically go to another device. You have to wait for it to load. You have to want it.

This method isn't about digital detox or app blockers or willpower. It's about designing your environment to support better habits. It's friction as a feature, not a bug.

Why call it a Bullshit Tablet? It's honest. It started as an off-handed way to refer to the tablet that housed social media stuff on it but that, in turn, became the brand. This tablet exists solely to contain all the bullshit that's been engineered to steal your attention.
3.5hrs
Average daily social media usage
58x
Times people check phones per day
$50
Cost to reclaim your attention

The Problem Is Friction (Or Lack Of It)

01

Too Easy

Your phone is always in your pocket. Social media is one tap away. Doomscrolling happens before you realize it.

02

Engineered Addiction

These apps are designed to minimize friction, maximize engagement, and keep you scrolling indefinitely.

03

Add Friction Back

Move social media to a separate, cheap tablet. It's slow, clunky, and stays on your desk. Now it's a choice.

04

Regain Control

Social media becomes intentional. You check it when you want to, not out of habit. Your phone becomes a tool again.

How To Use The Bullshit Tablet

Step 1: Find Your Bullshit Tablet

Find a cheap, in cost and spec sheet, but functional tablet. Any maker will do as long as it's cheap.

Step 2: Delete Your Social Media Apps From Your Phone

Long-press, watch the apps jiggle and then delete them.

Step 3: Re-Download Your Apps To The Tablet

Re-download as many of the apps you deleted off your phone back onto the tablet, re-log in and engage - or don't!

Why It Actually Works

Physical Separation

The tablet stays home. Your phone comes with you. Can't doomscroll in line at the grocery store.

Purposeful Slowness

Cheap specs mean slow loading. Suddenly Instagram isn't instant gratification anymore.

Mental Barrier

Having to walk to another device creates a pause. That pause is where awareness lives.

Low Investment

No expensive detox retreats. Just a $50 tablet that looks kind of ridiculous on your coffee table.

Ready to Add Some Friction?

Find a cheap tablet, move your apps, and watch your relationship with social media transform.

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We're not selling tablets. Just pointing you to ones that work.