Ask HN: How to Stop Reddit Addiction? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: How to Stop Reddit Addiction?

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Post by bloodorange » Sat, Jan 30, 2021, 2:59 PM UTC

Please consider the possibility that you might be "escaping" using reddit or using it to fulfill some unmet need. If you are unable to figure it out by yourself a good therapist might be able to help you channel it towards something healthier or just bring balance to how you use reddit.

EDIT: The idea behind this being that perhaps the addiction is a symptom of some other problem and trying to get to the root of the matter might help make it easier to find a way around it.

Re: Ask HN: How to Stop Reddit Addiction?

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Post by sixQuarks » Sat, Jan 30, 2021, 9:00 PM UTC

TheAnswerMan wrote: post #17

There is no cure. The best solution is to feed the addiction. Buy as many monitors as you can then display as many subreddits on the screen as you can. Then develop your ability to read multiple reddits simultaneously. At night make sure you have text-to-voice software to read reddits for you while you sleep.

When neuralink comes out, make sure you implant it into your brain. It will make you multi-threaded, enabling you to double the number of monitors you can simultaneously keep track of

Re: Ask HN: How to Stop Reddit Addiction?

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Post by jobigoud » Sun, Jan 31, 2021, 8:59 AM UTC

nallo wrote: post #11

Why stop it if you like it? Eventually you will get bored of everything.

I find this is not true. There is more interesting content online than one can consume in a lifetime.

Personally I block reddit except on one laptop.