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I kicked my habit by installing a host block script in my Tomato router. Just added reddit and HN to blacklisted hosts (I know I can undo it but it's too much w
by superasn 8y ago
I kicked my habit by installing a host block script in my Tomato router. Just added reddit and HN to blacklisted hosts (I know I can undo it but it's too much work and it disables ad blocking too).
Now anytime I want to visit HN i have to switch to slow 4G and it makes me concious of my decision and slow internet also makes it less fun.
I haven't visited reddit in almost 6 months now (used to refresh it every hour). HN too is 10% compared to what it was before. As other users have commented the reason I still check it 3 4 times a day is because there is often news that relates directly to my business (launch of Google wavenet for example) and benefits me.
- m_ke 8y agoI also keep them blocked on my computer and only check them on my phone. I keep my phone in grayscale mode so it's much less engaging. Another thing that worked for me was writing a custom js script to filter out posts I hid without loading other content to replace it. That way I could filter things down so that there's only 1 or 2 threads left that I'm interested in and there's no need to keep scanning the same headlines over and over.
- drb91 8y agoWho is engaged with their phone for colors rather than content? If anything, text seems MORE engaging in greyscale. This entire concept seems to allow phone providers to not implement real controls over eg actually providing access to a host file or concerted network blocking software.
- barbs 8y ago> slow 4G That wouldn't work in Australia, 4G is considered fast for most of us :)
- cptn_brittish 8y ago4G is quicker then fttp for me it's getting ridiculous.