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While Stack Overflow is great for solving issues, I still had to block the "Hot Network Questions" suggestions from the sidebar because it was an almost systema
by Zealotux 7y ago
While Stack Overflow is great for solving issues, I still had to block the "Hot Network Questions" suggestions from the sidebar because it was an almost systematic distraction that would inevitably send me down a rabbit-hole of unrelated questions.
Any system designed to solve the attention problem will have to be opinionated, blocking specific websites, or at least parts of it, I guess it's an interesting case study for machine learning.
- cgoecknerwald 7y agoHow did you do that?
- Zealotux 7y agoI used an adblocker to block the element (the ID is #hot-network-questions).
- tomcatfish 7y agoThanks for the idea! That's what always gets me too!
- mthoms 7y agoI did this as well and it definitely helped. For Stack Overflow I've also removed the left sidebar entirely and upped the minimum width of the main content (so code doesn't get cut off nearly as much). Another helpful one was removing the "next page" links on Reddit (I use the classic version). That way I can check on some things I'm interested in, but not get carried away. I'm considering doing the same for Hacker News.
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