Ask HN: Is it just me? why is “news” so addictive?

Re:Ask HN: Is it just me? why is “news” so addictive? by darkerside on Friday July 24, 2020 @01:25PM (#23942098)

I'm a little confused. I agree with some of your sentiment, but are developments w/r/t COVID not important?

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Re:Ask HN: Is it just me? why is “news” so addictive? by ericsoderstrom on Friday July 24, 2020 @01:33PM (#23942216)

> Name anything that happened 5 years ago. If it’s significant, I remember it. If it isn’t, I never heard about it at all, and nobody else remembers it either.

OP has heard of COVID. It would be impossible not to. I follow a similar approach (avoiding news as much as possible) and I still am exposed to much more information about COVID than is useful.

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Re:Ask HN: Is it just me? why is “news” so addictive? by darkerside on Friday July 24, 2020 @08:25PM (#23945858)

So relying on informal networks to pass on the key information? That's actually a really sensible strategy. I retract my argument.

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Re:Ask HN: Is it just me? why is “news” so addictive? by sjg007 on Saturday July 25, 2020 @02:50PM (#23951501)

You outsource it. Like I’m not on FB but my wife is.

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