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thanks for sharing your experience. i guess it's different for different people. i have heard stories of young men who had erectile dysfunction. They could not get an erection with their partner but could an erection with porn. quitting porn has helped many such people overcome ED. before anyone asks, this relation of erectile dysfunction to porn is not yet proven. hopefully there will be more studies on the same in…
Do you have any science on that? A friend mentioned this to me, so I looked it up, and I could find no evidence (from reputable sources) that it's true. There does appear to be an increase in ED in younger men in recent years, and also a decrease in sperm count, but not one of the sources I found mentioned anything about porn usage being related.
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#132Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do you have any science on that? A friend mentioned this to me, so I looked it up, and I could find no evidence (from reputable sources) that it's true. There does appear to be an increase in ED in younger men in recent years, and also a decrease in sperm count, but not one of the sources I found mentioned anything about porn usage being related.
true, i haven't found any research paper on this too. But, I have seen this being shared in our community posts.
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#133(Not optimistic, but I figure it's polite to ask rather than assume malice by default:)
How do you intend to insure that your software cannot be used to deny access to porn (and other objectionable content) to users who do want to access it, especially but not exclusively minors whom the software is used against by their legal guardians or other 'legitimate' authority figures.
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#134If you can have a presence in Utah or really anywhere in the Mormon Belt (Idaho, Utah, Arizona) you'll likely find many willing early adopters for this. It's pretty common to see billboards on the freeway for adult site blockers, etc.
Specifically near Brigham Young University in Provo...
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#135Hi Tejas - I hope you are very successful in this venture.
I can offer a potentially helpful data point. I was on a flight once next to a gentleman who was quite high in his local LDS church (not bishop but next level down?). He railed against porn addiction specifically as the root cause of many sorts of pain, and wished there was a tool just like this to help his flock avoid the porn demon. He worked with quite a few young men who actively struggled and I think a positive tool like this could have helped those guys get what they need. If you are looking for funding, I would definitely consider that a lot of deep pocketed folks are LDS church fathers.
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If it was voluntary, there would be no need for a app. It’s policing and enforcement. Of some personal morality.
even with the app, only those who think our app will help them will install. it's not for everyone. we are firm believers in the free market economy and we are in no way saying that porn is bad or immoral etc. we are only assisting people who need help in quitting a problematic behavior.
> even with the app, only those who think our app will help them will install.
I already asked upthread, but since this is here: how do you intend to insure this? For example, how do you insure that minors who have this app installed by their parents or guardians will be able to remove or bypass it, particularly without the parent being able to detect that (and thereby prevent it via threats)?
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i guess these are studies that indicate the harmful effects. but, the question was about whether quitting porn can make people happy. i guess that's not quantified. also, happiness is quite difficult to quantify in general.
The username and the obsessive refs by the person you're responding to make me want to totally dismiss him. You see that kind of stuff a lot with this particular topic. HOWEVER, many people simply want to change their own behavioral patterns and have a hard time doing it. Will they be measurably "happy" if they succeed? That's not the point. There's value in being able to do something (or stop doing something). None…
> The username and the obsessive refs by the person you're responding to make me want to totally dismiss him
How rational of you.
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#138Isn’t it like dieting? What I mean is that digital escapism is a symptom, not a problem. Before social media existed, people used to fill up their time with: 1) Having many children 2) Watching TV 3) Excessive alcohol use etc. Media addiction is a manifestation of something, not the root cause.
Yes probably many analogies to dieting. I doubt it would help everyone stick to a diet but I bet many would benefit from a timelock on their fridge door from 8 pm to 6 am :) Putting up roadblocks to slow yourself and remind you of what you committed to before is sometimes an effective strategy, in my experience.
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great to know that you were actually able to quit social media and other heavy dopamine stimulants. this is inspiring! any specific resources/framework/books that helped you along this journey?
Off the top of my head no, most of my insight came from observing addiction in others, and experimenting over the course of a decade. However, the two books which I guess started me on this journey are Why We Get Fat by Garry Taube [0] and The 4 Hour Body by Tim Ferris [1]. Both of these books take a scientific approach to diet (which is governed by habit and addiction, after all). I will say this, I am convinced tha…
I love your typing idea. I do something similar, but with puzzles on lichess.
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#140Isn’t it like dieting? What I mean is that digital escapism is a symptom, not a problem. Before social media existed, people used to fill up their time with: 1) Having many children 2) Watching TV 3) Excessive alcohol use etc. Media addiction is a manifestation of something, not the root cause.
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