Ask HN: Am I addicted to HackerNews?

I've found it far rewarding to keep many ebooks and ecourses on my phone and whenever i feel the urge to read hn i open up that instead. I think browsing hn is our way to distract ourselves from whatever we're currently doing and after a while reading an ebook for 10 mins somewhat gives the same feeling but far less boring because there is an element of continuity involved.

Re: Ask HN: Am I addicted to HackerNews?

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Post by helen842000 » Fri, Sep 08, 2017, 7:51 AM UTC

No, you have a habit that you don't like but it isn't an addiction. You have developed a default response, any time your brain is bored the new default is "time to check HN".

Try and swap that for a new default, something that is more productive. I use it as an excuse to correct my posture, have a walk or get a drink of water. You could get the DuoLingo app and spend those minutes learning a language.

Don't get rid of your habit, just turn it into something positive.

Re: Ask HN: Am I addicted to HackerNews?

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Post by slededit » Fri, Sep 08, 2017, 7:55 AM UTC

helen842000 wrote: post #9

No, you have a habit that you don't like but it isn't an addiction. You have developed a default response, any time your brain is bored the new default is "time to check HN". Try and swap that for a new default, something that is more productive. I use it as an excuse to correct my posture, have a walk or get a drink of water. You could get the DuoLingo app and spend those minutes learning a language. Don't get rid o…

This would imply HN is not positive. There are far worse habits.