Yeah me too. Wake up -> HN down -> That's weird, oh well it's usually only down for a few minutes -> I should check if HN is still down -> That's weird, oh well it's usually only down for a few minutes -> I should check if HN is still down -> loop.
That was a few hours ago. I'm glad this loop is broken.
sounds very much like an evil social media dopamine feedback loop. ironic given everyone on HN is so anti social media.... its clearly only bad for kids though i should add, silly of me to exclude such a detail
HN is obviously social media and it is silly to say otherwise. It is just social media that occasionally has interesting stuff. The SNR is just slightly higher.
Re:Tell HN: HN Was Down
by ptsd_dalmatian on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @04:06PM
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I guese developed this addiction on Facebook and now that I don’t use it, I come for methadon shot to HN
I've been on this internet hit shit since the 90s lil bro, s' all good.
I can stop any time I want, I just don't want!
Sometimes I'll catch myself absentmindedly reopening the browser and checking two or three front pages, seconds after having just checked them and closed the browser.
Re:Tell HN: HN Was Down
by notachatbot123 on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @02:02PM
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That's a sign of addiction and I highly recommend changing your behaviour towards those pages!
I feel like I need to avoid channelling Bob Saget from Half Baked when I say that is not addiction. That's a habit.
Re:Tell HN: HN Was Down
by cbracketdash on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @04:50PM
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There is a noprocrast feature in your settings to specify how long you can stay on for a single session and the frequency at which you can view HN. Super helpful!
Re:Tell HN: HN Was Down
by notachatbot123 on Thursday December 18, 2025 @09:16AM
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oh interesting (honestly!), how is that it distinguished?
Don’t let me distract from this learning opportunity with my armchair expertise. There are a lot of articles out there for this exact topic, but here’s one that’s pretty good.
I woke up and was wondering if I’ve just woken up in hell!
Re:Tell HN: HN Was Down
by RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @02:40PM
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HN is how I discover whether other sites are down or not, so it serves a critical function, so of course I check it frequently.
/s
Re:Tell HN: HN Was Down
by Imustaskforhelp on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @03:13PM
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Yeah, I had assumed something very major must have happened for HN to go down, lmao and I even asked in some linux discord server regarding it asking if there is a major outage as hackernews is down
Funny, I don't seem to need an outage to get stuck in a HN loop...
Re:Tell HN: HN Was Down
by ErroneousBosh on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @05:18PM
(#46306357)
Not just me then?
"Shit, HN is down! Hm, I wonder if there's anything about it on HN?"
until stack overflow occurs.
Try opening HN -> it's down, better check HN to see everyone talking about a major website being down -> Try opening HN -> loop