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But in a way that's worse, because the engaging content and discussion on HN makes it that much harder to put the phone down and get back to work. At least wit
by rm_-rf_slash 9y ago
But in a way that's worse, because the engaging content and discussion on HN makes it that much harder to put the phone down and get back to work.
At least with Facebook I know there's almost nothing of value and with the news it's almost always bad, so I'm otherwise not missing much.
- krrishd 9y agoThat's fair, although I consider HN a value-add when I use it (once in the morning). You're right though; if it ends up being a habit to check randomly, it causes a lot of the same problems social media does.
- raamdev 9y agoI'm personally trying to fix the habit of constant checking of HN so that I don't miss out on the good stuff with a weekly email that I can review once a week. [1] Admittedly, breaking the habit of checking HN throughout the day is a bit harder to break than subscribing to the newsletter, but in theory it would be an excellent solution. :) 1. http://www.hackernewsletter.com http://www.hackernewsletter.com
- sjellis 9y agoIt's worth noting that Hacker News has an anti-procrastination feature: set the "noprocrast" option in your profile to "yes", and then it will time-limit your visits to "maxvisit" in minutes, and block you for the "minaway" period. I don't know of any other site that does this. It's a very cool thing for Y Combinator to have done.
- andrewbinstock 9y agoFully agreed. Let's give credit where it's due--not only to the community but also to the moderators, who do a great job keeping conversations civil and on track!