Re:Show HN: Pomodoro Timer with Friends
by Ilasky on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @03:37PM
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Body doubling is exactly this! (https://doubleapp.xyz/blog/how-to-body-double) Also called social facilitation (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_facilitation)
When someone else is around it's like a switch goes gets turned on and BAM - I'm able to do the thing.
Working together (even if separately) with other people is highly motivating. I found that I was much less likely to procrastinate this way, kind of how I'm less likely to be reading Hacker News instead of working when my boss is standing behind me than when I'm alone.
Personally I don't think you need a whole separate website for this; a Discord or IRC bot that runs the pomodoro would work just as well.