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Same here. HN is addictive, but also insanely useful in some cases which makes it hard to leave like any other mentioned site there. I literally owe many of my

Same here. HN is addictive, but also insanely useful in some cases which makes it hard to leave like any other mentioned site there. I literally owe many of my succesful professional decisions to researches that initally started here. I find some interesting article, read the comments first, then the article, then the comments again. In the middle of this flow, I decide whether it is worthy to save to my Pocket account. Those things in my Pocket quite often become kickstarters for things that I eventually adopt using or learning. I see no way of giving up such opportunity. Why would anyone do that? (That is a serious question that I really wish there exists a convincing answer)

762236 10y ago
You've just given a good justification for staying up to date with trade news.
WA 10y ago
Have you checked if the articles in your Pocket share something, for example upvotes or number of comments? Because then you could browse the top posts only once per week. Either via Hckrnews [1] or use the curated Hacker Newsletter [2]. [1]: http://hckrnews.com/ http://hckrnews.com/ [2]: http://www.hackernewsletter.com/ http://www.hackernewsletter.com/
- duck 10y ago
  Thanks for mentioning Hacker Newsletter! I hear from several subscribers a week (currently have almost 40k) that mention it has helped them cure/control their HN addiction. :)
  - sjayasinghe 10y ago
    I'm getting an access denied error when trying to subscribe
    - duck 10y ago
      Sorry to hear that. It seems to be working fine based on the couple hundred others that have signed up this evening, so maybe try again? If that doesn't work, hit me up via email (listed in my profile) and I'll see what I can do!
- unicornporn 10y ago
  Problem for me: the most popular ones are usually the least interesting ones. To get to the actual hacking and critical thinking I usually have to wade through through first page business talk and VC news, or get my hands dirty in the "new" section.
- thesmok 10y ago
  I'm subscribed through HNDigest http://hndigest.com http://hndigest.com Just enough distraction for my work day.
- swah 10y ago
  This doesn't help because the rush comes from typing and news.ycombinator.com looking for getting early into stories that are trending! :)
chris_wot 10y ago
Hacker News is actually a high quality medium and I God it pretty information dense. Facebook, on the other hand, gives me lots of videos of stuff that is utterly useless, and often just makes you feel angry about the world. I'm using it less and less. Twitter I don't use at all. I don't even read it.
- _audakel 10y ago
  Twitter really depends on who you follow. I don't follow friends, but thought leaders I respect. I get r of the best ideas and all my news from there
  - chris_wot 10y ago
    One thing that HN has done is make my comments look ridiculous when I type them out on an iPhone.
nextos 10y ago
I'm trying to use HN & reddit mostly as a pull-based source of information, instead of something that pushes an endless stream of things into my brain and needs to be followed constantly. It's quite simple, when I'm looking for something, I do a google-based site-specific search to HN. I often find very old threads with really good value. I still follow things every few days to stay on top of trends. I haven't discovered how to catch up with those without frequent visits, though. Perhaps the solution lies in NLP summary technology.
- molteanu 10y ago
  As someone else recently pointed out, you do know there is an awesome instant search feature right here on hn, https://hn.algolia.com https://hn.algolia.com. Don't need to power up The Google.
  - nextos 10y ago
    Thanks, I didn't know.
alexandersingh 10y ago
I use the Panda extension for Chrome in part to keep track of what's trending on HN each day. If something piques my interest I'll usually check it out when I want to take a short break from work. This is a simple rule that helps limit how frequently I click through and I've found it to be very effective.
- 6DM 10y ago
  How much does it cost to go pro on (Panda)? I couldn't find out without kind of "going through".
  - alexandersingh 10y ago
    I don't have a clue! I just use the free version of their extension. I utilize their 2-feed layout option with HN (set to "Trending" posts) on the left and "visual inspiration" sites on the right (default is Dribbble, but I have Lapa, ffffound, Design Inspiration, etc. in the list, too).
dietervds 10y ago
I've recently made a Zapier 'zap' that sends me a daily digest of @newsyc100 by e-mail. I realised that that account was the biggest reason I was still scrolling through my Twitter feed all the time. Ever since I've only checked Twitter once every few days, when I explicitly wanted to. In the case of Facebook I found that just removing it from my bookmarks bar helped loads. Prevents me from just clicking on it half-dazed and starting to scroll.

762236 10y ago

You've just given a good justification for staying up to date with trade news.

WA 10y ago

Have you checked if the articles in your Pocket share something, for example upvotes or number of comments? Because then you could browse the top posts only once per week. Either via Hckrnews [1] or use the curated Hacker Newsletter [2]. [1]: http://hckrnews.com/ http://hckrnews.com/ [2]: http://www.hackernewsletter.com/ http://www.hackernewsletter.com/

duck 10y ago
Thanks for mentioning Hacker Newsletter! I hear from several subscribers a week (currently have almost 40k) that mention it has helped them cure/control their HN addiction. :)
- sjayasinghe 10y ago
  I'm getting an access denied error when trying to subscribe
  - duck 10y ago
    Sorry to hear that. It seems to be working fine based on the couple hundred others that have signed up this evening, so maybe try again? If that doesn't work, hit me up via email (listed in my profile) and I'll see what I can do!
unicornporn 10y ago
Problem for me: the most popular ones are usually the least interesting ones. To get to the actual hacking and critical thinking I usually have to wade through through first page business talk and VC news, or get my hands dirty in the "new" section.
thesmok 10y ago
I'm subscribed through HNDigest http://hndigest.com http://hndigest.com Just enough distraction for my work day.
swah 10y ago
This doesn't help because the rush comes from typing and news.ycombinator.com looking for getting early into stories that are trending! :)

chris_wot 10y ago

Hacker News is actually a high quality medium and I God it pretty information dense. Facebook, on the other hand, gives me lots of videos of stuff that is utterly useless, and often just makes you feel angry about the world. I'm using it less and less. Twitter I don't use at all. I don't even read it.

_audakel 10y ago
Twitter really depends on who you follow. I don't follow friends, but thought leaders I respect. I get r of the best ideas and all my news from there
- chris_wot 10y ago
  One thing that HN has done is make my comments look ridiculous when I type them out on an iPhone.

nextos 10y ago

I'm trying to use HN & reddit mostly as a pull-based source of information, instead of something that pushes an endless stream of things into my brain and needs to be followed constantly. It's quite simple, when I'm looking for something, I do a google-based site-specific search to HN. I often find very old threads with really good value. I still follow things every few days to stay on top of trends. I haven't discovered how to catch up with those without frequent visits, though. Perhaps the solution lies in NLP summary technology.

molteanu 10y ago
As someone else recently pointed out, you do know there is an awesome instant search feature right here on hn, https://hn.algolia.com https://hn.algolia.com. Don't need to power up The Google.
- nextos 10y ago
  Thanks, I didn't know.

alexandersingh 10y ago

I use the Panda extension for Chrome in part to keep track of what's trending on HN each day. If something piques my interest I'll usually check it out when I want to take a short break from work. This is a simple rule that helps limit how frequently I click through and I've found it to be very effective.

6DM 10y ago
How much does it cost to go pro on (Panda)? I couldn't find out without kind of "going through".
- alexandersingh 10y ago
  I don't have a clue! I just use the free version of their extension. I utilize their 2-feed layout option with HN (set to "Trending" posts) on the left and "visual inspiration" sites on the right (default is Dribbble, but I have Lapa, ffffound, Design Inspiration, etc. in the list, too).

dietervds 10y ago

I've recently made a Zapier 'zap' that sends me a daily digest of @newsyc100 by e-mail. I realised that that account was the biggest reason I was still scrolling through my Twitter feed all the time. Ever since I've only checked Twitter once every few days, when I explicitly wanted to. In the case of Facebook I found that just removing it from my bookmarks bar helped loads. Prevents me from just clicking on it half-dazed and starting to scroll.