Ask HN: How does one overcome the need for instant gratification?

Re:Ask HN: How does one overcome the need for instant gratif... by codingdave on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @11:05AM (#14753136)

I don't feel HN is about instant gratification at all. I come here to see more about what is going on in the tech community. For me, it is about awareness of what is going on, reflection and analysis of where I currently fit and where else I may want to go.

If you are constantly non-stop checking for responses and your scores, that doesn't match what I do. I tend to comment, then come back a couple days later, and see what discussion ensued.

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Re:Ask HN: How does one overcome the need for instant gratif... by kerbalspacepro on Thursday July 13, 2017 @01:55PM (#14763516)

HackerNews doesn't have a message notification system, right? You have to purposefully look at your older comments to see what transpired? That's probably one of the saving graces of this community.

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Re:Ask HN: How does one overcome the need for instant gratif... by ethbro on Thursday July 13, 2017 @08:20PM (#14766476)

Absolutely agreed. @dang, please never implement a notification system.

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