Launch HN: Atmana (YC S21) – An app to help cut down on compulsive porn usage

Re:Launch HN: Atmana (YC S21) – An app to help cut down on c... by zero_billion on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @09:12AM (#27971987)

after speaking to users, we figured out that what to replace with is best left to the user based on their choices. a lot of our users keep posting in our forums that they took up weight lifting, exercises, meditation etc. to distract them from their problematic behavior. as to studies, there is very little research on impact of porn. but, our users seem to be happy when they make progress and stay off porn for a long time. for some of them, it's very measurable as there is prevelance of problems like erectile dysfunction (ED), finding partner unattractive sexually etc. which affects person's sexual life. overcoming porn has improved sexual life of many people based on experiences shared by them.

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Re:Launch HN: Atmana (YC S21) – An app to help cut down on c... by crsv on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @09:36AM (#27972244)

So that's a "no" to the question of whether there is any empirical evidence saying that this intervention has a positive effect. Got it. No evidence.

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Re:Launch HN: Atmana (YC S21) – An app to help cut down on c... by yaseer on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @09:53AM (#27972459)

This isn't an 'intervention'. These are individuals choosing to make a change in their habits.

It's for that person to decide whether changing their habits is a positive goal to pursue.

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Re:Launch HN: Atmana (YC S21) – An app to help cut down on c... by ripughna on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @12:13PM (#27974151)

It’s absolutely an intervention in the technical sense of the term.

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Re:Launch HN: Atmana (YC S21) – An app to help cut down on c... by zero_billion on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @12:20PM (#27974237)

it's an intervention only because the user is looking for an intervention to overcome some behaviors that are negatively impacting their life.

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Re:Launch HN: Atmana (YC S21) – An app to help cut down on c... by JackFr on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @10:02AM (#27972575)

“Happiness” is one of the very few areas where self-reported data is still very good data.

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Re:Launch HN: Atmana (YC S21) – An app to help cut down on c... by zero_billion on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @11:06AM (#27973330)

i second that.

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Re:Launch HN: Atmana (YC S21) – An app to help cut down on c... by floodyberry- on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @09:45PM (#27979551)

> After failing to monetize any healthy habit apps, I decided to work on reducing harmful habits, hoping this would be easier to monetize.

effects don't matter, making money matters

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Re:Launch HN: Atmana (YC S21) – An app to help cut down on c... by zero_billion on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @09:44AM (#27972343)

i mean, it's quite qualitative at this point. this is not well understood yet. hopefully, in the coming years, there will be more data on the same.

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Re:Launch HN: Atmana (YC S21) – An app to help cut down on c... by read_if_gay_ on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @10:31AM (#27972884)

https://www.yourbrainonporn.com/relevant-research-and-articl...

> 56 neuroscience-based studies [...] All but one provide support for the addiction model as their findings mirror the neurological findings reported in substance addiction studies.

> Over 60 studies reporting findings consistent with escalation of porn use (tolerance), habituation to porn, and even withdrawal symptoms

> over 40 studies linking porn use/porn addiction to sexual problems and lower arousal to sexual stimuli

> Over 80 studies link porn use to poorer sexual and relationship satisfaction

> Over 90 studies link porn use to poorer mental-emotional health & poorer cognitive outcomes.

> over 40 studies link porn use to “un-egalitarian attitudes” toward women and sexist views

> Got it. No evidence.

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Re:Launch HN: Atmana (YC S21) – An app to help cut down on c... by zero_billion on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @10:38AM (#27972973)

i guess these are studies that indicate the harmful effects. but, the question was about whether quitting porn can make people happy. i guess that's not quantified. also, happiness is quite difficult to quantify in general.

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Re:Launch HN: Atmana (YC S21) – An app to help cut down on c... by crispyambulance on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @01:16PM (#27974922)

The username and the obsessive refs by the person you're responding to make me want to totally dismiss him. You see that kind of stuff a lot with this particular topic.

HOWEVER, many people simply want to change their own behavioral patterns and have a hard time doing it. Will they be measurably "happy" if they succeed? That's not the point. There's value in being able to do something (or stop doing something).

None of these things are ever going to be "quantifiable" in a practical sense.

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Re:Launch HN: Atmana (YC S21) – An app to help cut down on c... by read_if_gay_ on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @04:49PM (#27977442)

> The username and the obsessive refs by the person you're responding to make me want to totally dismiss him

How rational of you.

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Re:Launch HN: Atmana (YC S21) – An app to help cut down on c... by read_if_gay_ on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @10:40AM (#27973001)

Can it make you happy? Probably not. Can it make you more happy? Almost guaranteed.

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Re:Launch HN: Atmana (YC S21) – An app to help cut down on c... by Mindwipe on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @07:41AM (#27982669)

Your Brain On Porn is a quack site run by religious fundamentalists.

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Re:Launch HN: Atmana (YC S21) – An app to help cut down on c... by read_if_gay_ on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @05:24PM (#27989927)

You are going to need an actual argument if you want to invalidate all of that research.

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