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Re:My experiment in phonelessness was a failure. It also cha... by jacquesm on Thursday February 08, 2024 @12:39PM (#39304948)
People that tend to procrastinate do not need a reason to do so, and the things they get addicted to are not necessarily engineered to be so. Social media is strongly engineered to be addictive, HN is engineered not to be addictive (though it still is, as I should definitely be aware by now).
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Re:My experiment in phonelessness was a failure. It also cha... by Apocryphon on Thursday February 08, 2024 @01:06PM (#39305324)
HN might not have the built-in quality to be addictive, but it certainly has the quantity. Infinite content produces infinite ways to be addictive.
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