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There's a bit of a mental difference between being able to (literally) endlessly swipe up to the next tiktok vs having to click the next button on hn though.
by atrus 2y ago
There's a bit of a mental difference between being able to (literally) endlessly swipe up to the next tiktok vs having to click the next button on hn though.
- 4gotunameagain 2y agoDefinitely, but as you said, it's only a bit. Things like hn or old.reddit still carry most if not all of the negative effects of infinite feeds. What I would give credit to hn for is that being text only, it forces you at least to think a bit and not blindly consume a video for example.
- doubled112 2y agoOn HN, at least, once I get a few pages in I usually realize I’m just seeing articles from a few hours/days ago. I know then it is time to take a break. It isn’t infinite the same way TikTok will or YouTube used to keep playing something you haven’t seen yet.
- 4gotunameagain 2y agoIt is not the same for sure. But it is still not harmless imo. How you justify your addiction is entirely up to you though ;)