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> So yeah, the current window wouldn't work for me, but that's fine. Everything doesn't have to be for everyone. We all live in our bubbles anyway; creating artificial rules could actually be ways of creating new, unexpected interactions. I like the idea that something like this could be open for 3 hours in the evening local time. Like, you'd get totally different communities coming on at different times, and having…
like a tavern
Having said that, apps which have tried to slow people down haven't been too successful. People on HN might like it more than the general population.
But I will make the obvious point that does not seem very fashionable these days. What if we chose instead to cultivate self-discipline? This project is a technical fix to a human problem, but human problems can also be addressed with human solutions. Is there no value in doing things the time-honored way?
Personally, I'm not addicted to social media but I do have a sweet tooth. The classic hack here is not to have sugary things in the home, or only in such small quantities as to neutralize the problem. But these technical fixes are expensive. Restaurant desserts are poor value compared to an industrial-sized pot of Nutella, consumed slowly.
Well, I've discovered that, with practice and determination, and of course some rules about quantities and time windows, it is in fact possible to resist temptation, even when it's sitting right in front of me all day. Personally, I find this human solution to be liberating and empowering.
Great effort. But I will make the obvious point that does not seem very fashionable these days. What if we chose instead to cultivate self-discipline? This project is a technical fix to a human problem, but human problems can also be addressed with human solutions. Is there no value in doing things the time-honored way? Personally, I'm not addicted to social media but I do have a sweet tooth. The classic hack here is…
I think that it can not be understated just how much self disciplin moderne people living in moderne societies are possessing.
Try to compare how moderne adult people react to sweets, social media, etc. compared to kids and children.
Continuing pushing this on the individual does not work. This is like saying that you can become multi billionaire by not getting star bucks.
Great effort. But I will make the obvious point that does not seem very fashionable these days. What if we chose instead to cultivate self-discipline? This project is a technical fix to a human problem, but human problems can also be addressed with human solutions. Is there no value in doing things the time-honored way? Personally, I'm not addicted to social media but I do have a sweet tooth. The classic hack here is…
Great effort. But I will make the obvious point that does not seem very fashionable these days. What if we chose instead to cultivate self-discipline? This project is a technical fix to a human problem, but human problems can also be addressed with human solutions. Is there no value in doing things the time-honored way? Personally, I'm not addicted to social media but I do have a sweet tooth. The classic hack here is…
Great effort. But I will make the obvious point that does not seem very fashionable these days. What if we chose instead to cultivate self-discipline? This project is a technical fix to a human problem, but human problems can also be addressed with human solutions. Is there no value in doing things the time-honored way? Personally, I'm not addicted to social media but I do have a sweet tooth. The classic hack here is…
I've definitely considered trying to create a social media website that only allows you to connect with, say 150 people (Dunbar number), and only allows you to make one or two posts per day.
There was a social network called Path, that was this concept, you could only have 50 friends on the network. It was a really nice app, but they just couldn't make it work. I have an idea kicking round the back of my head... when I was a teenager I ran a php forum on a shared server. I shared it with my school friends, and we had about 30 regular members on it. It turned into a full blown social network, we'd have ou…
The reality is things do not work like that, even to maintain a small community forum you need a small but constant influx of new users as people regularly just disappear/leave as in any social group.
The real challenge is to let decent human people join without the trolls, bots and scammers.