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Or just redirect facebook to hackernews via your hosts file? I can't emphasize enough how beneficial it has been to stop using facebook completely, I would hig

Or just redirect facebook to hackernews via your hosts file? I can't emphasize enough how beneficial it has been to stop using facebook completely, I would highly recommend you try it.

noamhacker 9y ago
I think the point of this extension is for people who need to access facebook features like groups and events, but don't want to get distracted by the dopamine-inducing newsfeed on the way
- deleted 9y ago
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- Nuzzerino 9y ago
  It's been more like cancer-inducing with all of the political talk these days.
  - hkmurakami 9y ago
    I've unfollowed all my friends who discuss politics in an alarmist and sensationalist way (keeping the small number who take a tempered and balanced perspective), and it honestly _is_ saving me from cancer since my stress levels (which causes all sorts of ailments) are much lower now.
- sushid 9y ago
  If that's the intention I would recommend this Chrome extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/news-feed-eradicator-for/fjcldmjmjhkklehbacihaiopjklihlgg?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/news-feed-eradicat...
  - OJFord 9y ago
    Sure, I think OP's just proffering that rather than replacing it with nothing, you replace it with a feed you do want to see.
- mintplant 9y ago
  So instead you're distracted by the dopamine-inducing Hacker News feed.
  - codyb 9y ago
    Yep. I'm off facebook but I've been thinking about blocking hackernews and fark at the router level if I could. At some point you have to start doing things instead of reading about the people who are.
    - lloeki 9y ago
      noprocrast: yes maxvisit: 60 minaway: 1440 Contemplating making minaway 10080
mistermann 9y ago
Other than it being almost a complete waste of time with all the nonsense spam clickbait articles there nowadays, I don't see what other benefits there are from avoiding it really. Jealousy at people's fake lives perhaps?
- ycombinete 9y ago
  There are plents. This page (while obviously written to someone else) is good. Specifically for the number of links at the bottom with much more in depth information: www.matthewbrecher.com/socialmedia.html
wingerlang 9y ago
What are the benefits?

Or just redirect facebook to hackernews via your hosts file? I can't emphasize enough how beneficial it has been to stop using facebook completely, I would highly recommend you try it.

noamhacker 9y ago

I think the point of this extension is for people who need to access facebook features like groups and events, but don't want to get distracted by the dopamine-inducing newsfeed on the way

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Nuzzerino 9y ago
It's been more like cancer-inducing with all of the political talk these days.
- hkmurakami 9y ago
  I've unfollowed all my friends who discuss politics in an alarmist and sensationalist way (keeping the small number who take a tempered and balanced perspective), and it honestly _is_ saving me from cancer since my stress levels (which causes all sorts of ailments) are much lower now.
sushid 9y ago
If that's the intention I would recommend this Chrome extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/news-feed-eradicator-for/fjcldmjmjhkklehbacihaiopjklihlgg?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/news-feed-eradicat...
- OJFord 9y ago
  Sure, I think OP's just proffering that rather than replacing it with nothing, you replace it with a feed you do want to see.
mintplant 9y ago
So instead you're distracted by the dopamine-inducing Hacker News feed.
- codyb 9y ago
  Yep. I'm off facebook but I've been thinking about blocking hackernews and fark at the router level if I could. At some point you have to start doing things instead of reading about the people who are.
  - lloeki 9y ago
    noprocrast: yes maxvisit: 60 minaway: 1440 Contemplating making minaway 10080

mistermann 9y ago

Other than it being almost a complete waste of time with all the nonsense spam clickbait articles there nowadays, I don't see what other benefits there are from avoiding it really. Jealousy at people's fake lives perhaps?

ycombinete 9y ago
There are plents. This page (while obviously written to someone else) is good. Specifically for the number of links at the bottom with much more in depth information: www.matthewbrecher.com/socialmedia.html

wingerlang 9y ago

What are the benefits?