Show HN: How many miles do you think you've scrolled today?

This would be interesting to see on my phone at the end of the day. Even having decreased my social media and news consumption considerably over the last few years, I still catch myself mindlessly scrolling from time to time.

I would love the shameful alert that told me “you’ve scrolled twice as many miles as you’ve walked today” since I know the second set of metrics definitely exists. It may be what I need to quit the habit completely.

Re: Show HN: How many miles do you think you've scrolled today?

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Post by lukax » Tue, May 05, 2020, 2:24 PM UTC

rootusrootus wrote: post #2

I wonder how well the "pixel distance scrolled" translates into the actual distance your finger moved the wheel.

This is a bit hard to calculate because of scroll acceleration and inertial scrolling.

Re: Show HN: How many miles do you think you've scrolled today?

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Post by spuz » Tue, May 05, 2020, 2:28 PM UTC

A long time ago when I used to spend almost all my day in front of a computer, I wrote a program that would measure the physical distance my mouse cursor had moved thinking surely it must be several hundred meters a day. In fact it was only about 30 metres per day. I imagine to scroll a mile would take several months for the average web user.

Re: Show HN: How many miles do you think you've scrolled today?

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Post by phoenixdblack » Tue, May 05, 2020, 2:30 PM UTC

rootusrootus wrote: post #2

I wonder how well the "pixel distance scrolled" translates into the actual distance your finger moved the wheel.

Or scrolled through swiping on the phone. I think this would be pretty difficult considering the different pixel densities on touch devices.