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I think the grandparent author is simply not possessed by the same personality traits that generally define the type of person who gets a lot of value out of HN

I think the grandparent author is simply not possessed by the same personality traits that generally define the type of person who gets a lot of value out of HN. I tend towards OCD, which caused getting off Facebook to take about 8 tries. It wasn't until I found a "last straw" that I finally managed it permanently, and that was the runup to the recent US election. I simply did not want to find myself at odds, politically, with a certain couple of family members, and feel like I could not say anything in response to their posts without damaging a relationship I otherwise highly value. With my all-or-nothing personality and approach to things, "the only winning move is... not to play."

Tehnix 9y ago
>...simply not possessed by the same personality traits that generally define the type of person who gets a lot of value out of HN I’m not sure I follow what is implied here? I’m an avid consumer of HN, mostly out of boredom or in my brain breaks. >It wasn't until I found a "last straw" that I finally managed it permanently, and that was the runup to the recent US election Or you could a) not be afraid of having political discussions (although that honestly sometimes probably isn’t possible in the way the US handles their discourse), or b) just not comment on those posts. But alas, to each their own, not like I gain anything from people either leaving or staying.