Ask HN: How to Stop Reddit Addiction?

#1

Post by prakhargurunani » Thu, Jan 28, 2021, 5:42 PM UTC

r/reddit could not help me.

Re: Ask HN: How to Stop Reddit Addiction?

#2

Post by uberman » Thu, Jan 28, 2021, 5:47 PM UTC

If you can, update your hosts file to point reddit.com to 127.0. 0.1

Re: Ask HN: How to Stop Reddit Addiction?

#3

Post by lupinglade » Thu, Jan 28, 2021, 5:48 PM UTC

www.reddit.com 127.0.0.1

Re: Ask HN: How to Stop Reddit Addiction?

#4

Post by sidcool » Thu, Jan 28, 2021, 5:50 PM UTC

uberman wrote: post #2

If you can, update your hosts file to point reddit.com to 127.0. 0.1

What about Mobile phones?

Re: Ask HN: How to Stop Reddit Addiction?

#5

Post by uberman » Thu, Jan 28, 2021, 5:54 PM UTC

sidcool wrote: post #4

uberman wrote: post #2

If you can, update your hosts file to point reddit.com to 127.0. 0.1

What about Mobile phones?

Android will allow one to edit the host file via debug mode, but I don't think it can be done on apple without a jailbreak.

If this is a home network, your router might allow one to set DNS records for your local network

It seems reasonable that there could also be firewall apps that you could run to block outbound traffic to reddit but I have no experience with them.

Re: Ask HN: How to Stop Reddit Addiction?

#6

Post by floxy » Thu, Jan 28, 2021, 5:55 PM UTC

/r/nosurf might be of interest. Would be interesting if anyone has come across a methadone of social media.

Re: Ask HN: How to Stop Reddit Addiction?

#7

Post by floxy » Thu, Jan 28, 2021, 6:01 PM UTC

uberman wrote: post #2

If you can, update your hosts file to point reddit.com to 127.0. 0.1

I hope that works for some people, but it is too much like: "I've buried the heroine in a box in the backyard." It is too easy to dig it back up.

Re: Ask HN: How to Stop Reddit Addiction?

#8

Post by polka_haunts_us » Thu, Jan 28, 2021, 6:06 PM UTC

My friend had a reddit addiction, he cured it by getting addicted to V-Tubers instead.

Probably not the healthy move you're looking for, but maybe you can find something healthier that works for you to get addicted to instead.

Re: Ask HN: How to Stop Reddit Addiction?

#9

Post by runjake » Thu, Jan 28, 2021, 7:14 PM UTC

Check out /r/nosurf.

Uninstall Reddit clients on all but a single, non-mobile device.

When you stray off the path, don't beat yourself up, and immediately get back onto the path.

Re: Ask HN: How to Stop Reddit Addiction?

#10

Post by dyingkneepad » Thu, Jan 28, 2021, 9:24 PM UTC

uberman wrote: post #2

If you can, update your hosts file to point reddit.com to 127.0. 0.1

Firefox seems to ignore /etc/hosts on Linux, since I have Hacker News set to localhost and I'm browsing it right now.

I tried the LeechBlock extension (I think it works even on Mobile), but I always end up disabling it :(. Also for some reason it eats a lot of system resources.