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Designing technology that promotes users' digital wellbeing

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Existing tools for digital self-control strongly rely on users' self-regulation strategies and capabilities. Recent work, however, highlights the importance of proactively assisting users in learning how to use technology through customizable and adaptable interventions.

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          cover image XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students
          XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students  Volume 28, Issue 1
          Is Computing Toxic?
          Fall 2021
          67 pages
          ISSN:1528-4972
          EISSN:1528-4980
          DOI:10.1145/3487894
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