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Re: My lizard brain is no match for infinite scroll

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Post by maydup-nem » Mon, Mar 07, 2022, 5:36 PM UTC

exciteabletom wrote: post #397

maydup-nem wrote: post #382

Earlier quoted context omitted.

quora used to ask for login only when you followed a link while already on quora (so opening from google search wouldn't prompt a login). you could just copypaste url and look at the thread. but not anymore, they closed this off since recently. fuck them, community-driven websites shouldn't become fenced off like that because some lizard brain correlated compulsory login with registration count. +1 on reddit "modal"…

You can still work around the Quora BS by appending `?share=1` to the URL

thanks, that's good to know

Re: My lizard brain is no match for infinite scroll

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Mar 07, 2022, 5:47 PM UTC

tayo42 wrote: post #207

LiquidPolymer wrote: post #111

I’m curious what the generational divide is for this. I’m 57, love tech and enjoy the positive side of the internet in limited doses. But I find most social media boring. There is incredible and AMAZING art, accidental moments, serious discussion and fascinating analysis of the world to be found online. But without grounding myself in genuine experience in the stinky, cruel real world of human interaction, nature, an…

i don't scroll but i do find my self refreshing to see if anything is new a lot. like being bored and checking the fridge over and over. i seem to have lots of 30min breaks here or there that i fill up with bs time wasters

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Re: My lizard brain is no match for infinite scroll

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Post by onemoresoop » Mon, Mar 07, 2022, 5:48 PM UTC

tayo42 wrote: post #207

LiquidPolymer wrote: post #111

I’m curious what the generational divide is for this. I’m 57, love tech and enjoy the positive side of the internet in limited doses. But I find most social media boring. There is incredible and AMAZING art, accidental moments, serious discussion and fascinating analysis of the world to be found online. But without grounding myself in genuine experience in the stinky, cruel real world of human interaction, nature, an…

i don't scroll but i do find my self refreshing to see if anything is new a lot. like being bored and checking the fridge over and over. i seem to have lots of 30min breaks here or there that i fill up with bs time wasters

Yep, that's the symptom. It's easy to quit doing it, I've done it a hundreds of times already to only succumb to it at a later point.

The truth is that if I'm busy with something that I have interest in I can easily avoid any of these types of procrastinations.

Re: My lizard brain is no match for infinite scroll

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Post by anubiskhan » Mon, Mar 07, 2022, 5:55 PM UTC

BareNakedCoder wrote: post #366

sodality2 wrote: post #24

I'm still young so maybe my mind hasn't matured enough to where I can combat this well. So I went heavy-handed - I have a button on my desk that when I press it, my server's DNS server (through which all my devices and router resolve) begins rejecting requests to reddit, instagram, twitter, hackernews, news.google.com, etc. For the next two hours, there is nothing I can do outside of SSH'ing through my mobile device…

My method is super simple but does require a wee bit of self discipline. I "HALT!". I even have "HALT!" written on a post-it on my monitor. Whenever I notice that my (valuable) attention is wandering, I yell "HALT!" in my head or out loud (depending who is nearby). This makes me snap out of it, to break the pattern. Ideally, I return to what I should be doing but very often I can only do the minimum. The minimum bein…

Reminds me of Always Sunny, "Sickness, BEGONE!!"

Re: My lizard brain is no match for infinite scroll

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Post by AlwaysRock » Mon, Mar 07, 2022, 6:00 PM UTC

News Feed Eradicator is a great chrome extension that lets you unblock websites for a set period of time. I check my twitter and hackernews for 5 minutes in the morning everyday. Otherwise if I move to those websites they are blocked.

I removed social media from my phone and mobile browser social media use without being logged in is so painful or restrictive that I'm rarely temped to do much other than check the top few posts on the reddit homepage.

Those two things helped a ton with my social media usage.

Re: My lizard brain is no match for infinite scroll

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Post by crispyambulance » Mon, Mar 07, 2022, 6:06 PM UTC

I ended up using ublock origin to block the "recommendation" sidebars on twitter and youtube. So glad for that. Is there a way to stop the infinite scroll?

The stuff on the sidebar is related, sort-of, but you're not expecting it and you are not necessarily in a critical state of mind when you notice it and instinctively click. Meanwhile, I imagine, giant inscrutable algorithms are tweaking knobs in our heads that we don't even know about, always making incremental progress towards taking away all our attention without us even being aware of it.

Re: My lizard brain is no match for infinite scroll

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Post by ar_lan » Mon, Mar 07, 2022, 6:12 PM UTC

janmarsal wrote: post #306

Thankfully my monkey brain is stronger than my lizard brain when it comes to things like infinite scroll, modals and other horrible UI features that nobody in their right mind should add to any website. Even just a couple of minutes of twitter usage makes me rage quit the whole website. Why do you pause my video when I scroll down it's just a politician speaking I don't need to see it only listen WHY YOU DO THIS? I'm…

> I'm also one of those people who randomly clicks and "paints" the text on every website I use.

My old mentor used to do this too, and I really never understood why. Since then, I have seen others do it too, occasionally. It looked more like a fidget than anything helpful. I once tried it just to see if this was some hidden technique I was missing out on, but I didn't notice anything particularly helpful - it didn't help me keep focused on the text or anything, and it distracted me personally.

I'm very curious what the benefit is, or at least the reason? From an apparent lizard brain :)

Re: My lizard brain is no match for infinite scroll

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Post by asmr » Mon, Mar 07, 2022, 6:28 PM UTC

Thankfully my brain was programmed/imprinted during the "pull to refresh" era. I rarely scroll past a page length before I move on to something else or scroll to the top and refresh. On a more serious note I've had problems with TikTok.

The most helpful thing I've done to manage this is to make it incredibly difficult/annoying to access your stuff. I don't have the Instagram app on my phone and all though I have several twitter accounts I only keep 1 signed in to my twitter app.

Re: My lizard brain is no match for infinite scroll

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Post by jabroni_salad » Mon, Mar 07, 2022, 6:41 PM UTC

ar_lan wrote: post #427

janmarsal wrote: post #306

Thankfully my monkey brain is stronger than my lizard brain when it comes to things like infinite scroll, modals and other horrible UI features that nobody in their right mind should add to any website. Even just a couple of minutes of twitter usage makes me rage quit the whole website. Why do you pause my video when I scroll down it's just a politician speaking I don't need to see it only listen WHY YOU DO THIS? I'm…

> I'm also one of those people who randomly clicks and "paints" the text on every website I use. My old mentor used to do this too, and I really never understood why. Since then, I have seen others do it too, occasionally. It looked more like a fidget than anything helpful. I once tried it just to see if this was some hidden technique I was missing out on, but I didn't notice anything particularly helpful - it didn't…

on wide pages it helps my eyes find the next line. It's not really something I do conciously though and I'm barely aware that I am doing it.

Re: My lizard brain is no match for infinite scroll

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Post by solarmist » Mon, Mar 07, 2022, 6:45 PM UTC

ar_lan wrote: post #427

janmarsal wrote: post #306

Thankfully my monkey brain is stronger than my lizard brain when it comes to things like infinite scroll, modals and other horrible UI features that nobody in their right mind should add to any website. Even just a couple of minutes of twitter usage makes me rage quit the whole website. Why do you pause my video when I scroll down it's just a politician speaking I don't need to see it only listen WHY YOU DO THIS? I'm…

> I'm also one of those people who randomly clicks and "paints" the text on every website I use. My old mentor used to do this too, and I really never understood why. Since then, I have seen others do it too, occasionally. It looked more like a fidget than anything helpful. I once tried it just to see if this was some hidden technique I was missing out on, but I didn't notice anything particularly helpful - it didn't…

I do it when I'm reading something, but my attention isn't fully (or is difficult and requires back and forth with references) on it to mark either the paragraph I'm on or the sentence I just finished reading.