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Beware: although probably less harmful than most, it is very likely that HN, as form of social media, may have the same dangers. I got mostly addicted to it to
by marcodiego 4y ago
Beware: although probably less harmful than most, it is very likely that HN, as form of social media, may have the same dangers.
I got mostly addicted to it to gain 15k karma points in one year.
- FollowingTheDao 4y agoThis is true for me. HackerNews seems to combine both of these triggers in a subversive way to keep me coming back. It is not about the points for me, but the interaction. I do not care about down votes, just any human interaction is fine with me. Disturbing, sad.
- sdevonoes 4y agoDefinitely. In the same way Twitter/Facebook/Instagram's algorithms catches regular people's attention (celebrities pictures here and there, clickbait titles, etc.), HN does it in an equivalent way (as a developer I don't like superfluous BS, HN gives none; I like clean design, HN provides that; etc.). The "HN algorithm" (or even the lack of it) does catch my attention.