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So how do you manage your time on Hacker News? Even though this site teaches me things, it works a lot like a slot machine. Each pull of the lever has a small c
by anthropomorph 11y ago
So how do you manage your time on Hacker News?
Even though this site teaches me things, it works a lot like a slot machine.
Each pull of the lever has a small chance of dispensing a reward like a mildly interesting article.
Not that different from reddit or buzzfeed. The difference mostly being the academic level of the reward.
- microcolonel 11y agoI'm picky about the kinds of articles I read from HN. I admit that I responded in this thread because I figured the title itself insinuated a lot more than it should. I tend to opt not to read or participate in threads based on that though. General rules are: read the headline and the number of points for each item on the home page and the "new" page; if it's interesting pop it into a tab. If the quality of the article is mediocre or bad then it just gets closed. Then I don't come back for at least two hours. Not sure this is a great general strategy, I'd be interested to see what other people do.