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Oh the irony of distracting myself by reading this on Hacker News, then making a comment which I will flip back to and check reflexively for the next two hours.
by tedsuo 14y ago
Oh the irony of distracting myself by reading this on Hacker News, then making a comment which I will flip back to and check reflexively for the next two hours.
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- mvzink 14y agoI read the first half of the first item and closed the page. I was going to write more on this subject, but now I'm going to submit this comment as is and close the page.
- brianwillis 14y agoI'm glad to hear I'm not the only one that goes back and checks their comments. I know it's superficial, but it still gives me a buzz to wake up in the morning and see a bunch of up votes and replies to something I wrote the night before. It's equally frustrating when I say something I think is smart and it gets ignored. Damn you internet, validate my existence!
- thaumaturgy 14y agoHere, let me feed your habit a little more. ;-) I don't think it's about validating your existence. I think it's that internet communities are gradually replacing more traditional forms of interaction. We, even introverts, still crave some amount of interaction; if we don't get useful interaction elsewhere, we can maybe get it online. HN, and email, and everything like it becomes a lot less important to me if I've spent the day having fun with other people. (Counterpoint: I also wind down on HN after a stressful day of dealing with other people.)