Facebook is an addiction treadmill most may never be able to quit

Re:Facebook is an addiction treadmill most may never be able... by jader201 on Thursday October 07, 2021 @01:51AM (#28782597)

I may be in the minority, but I actually rarely visit HN’s homepage, but rather follow @newsyc150 on Twitter, and just get a feed of articles that hit 150 votes (there are other increments, too).

It’s not overwhelming — I generally feel it hits the sweet spot of signal-to-noise. I only pull up Twitter a few times a day, and scan to find interesting things there. My Twitter feed is generally light — I don’t follow any individuals, only sites I want to see updates on without having to poll them.

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Re:Facebook is an addiction treadmill most may never be able... by paganel on Thursday October 07, 2021 @02:24AM (#28782881)

> but I actually rarely visit HN’s homepage,

I really like the HN front-page, it gives me a sensation of comfort (so to speak), of how the Internet should have been but unfortunately it is not: very fast-loading page, all text, a basic color-scheme that hasn't changed in a while.

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Re:Facebook is an addiction treadmill most may never be able... by khazhoux on Thursday October 07, 2021 @02:44AM (#28783010)

I hate April Fool's Day, but this made me think how hilarious it would be if HN front page had a banner ad. And not even an over-the-top one... just a simple banner ad, quietly ruining HN.

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Re:Facebook is an addiction treadmill most may never be able... by TedDoesntTalk on Thursday October 07, 2021 @02:50AM (#28783041)

HN is what SlashDot was 15-20 years ago.

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Re:Facebook is an addiction treadmill most may never be able... by raxxorrax on Thursday October 07, 2021 @09:41AM (#28786121)

I still cannot really recapitulate what made me leave, but tech journalism in general became quite insufferable. It all read like scam and advertising at some point. It went from "stuff that matters" to something else.

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Re:Facebook is an addiction treadmill most may never be able... by TedDoesntTalk on Thursday October 07, 2021 @10:21AM (#28786618)

True. But the comments and community is what i meant, too.

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Re:Facebook is an addiction treadmill most may never be able... by raxxorrax on Thursday October 07, 2021 @10:51AM (#28787052)

Yeah, that changed too. But I think the reason for that is that many left.

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Re:Facebook is an addiction treadmill most may never be able... by slothtrop on Thursday October 07, 2021 @09:01AM (#28785656)

spot on

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Re:Facebook is an addiction treadmill most may never be able... by henriquemaia on Thursday October 07, 2021 @02:02AM (#28782693)

Funny, but I do exactly the same. My source, however, is Telegram's channel @hacker_news_feed. As you said, the signal-to-noise ratio hits that sweet spot that keeps me out of HN's front page for a long time.

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Re:Facebook is an addiction treadmill most may never be able... by spicymaki on Thursday October 07, 2021 @10:51PM (#28795199)

I am enjoying @newsyc150. It cuts through the cruft. Thanks for the recommendation.

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Re:Facebook is an addiction treadmill most may never be able... by artemave on Thursday October 07, 2021 @03:43AM (#28783351)

I came here through @Hn251 on Twitter

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