I'm an addict
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I'm an addict
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#2We're all being sucked in the internet. It's so easy to become addict to video, podcasts, games, etc. nowadays that I would not be surprised if that becomes a major society issue.
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#3The internet was more addicting 20 years ago.
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#4Very well written article. Congrats on defeating your tech addiction this time.
It is amazing how much thought and effort goes into designing Web2.0 to keep delivering small dopamine hits. I too burn thru hours watching tech videos, browsing tech subreddits, looking for juicy HN posts and rarely come across articles about how the stickiness is engineered. Maybe I'm browsing the wrong stuff or maybe they're just too embarrassed to publish it.
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#5We're all being sucked in the internet. It's so easy to become addict to video, podcasts, games, etc. nowadays that I would not be surprised if that becomes a major society issue.
I always thought in 20 years, Facebook (or its equivalent) will have warning labels similar to how cigarettes do now. People should be free to do as they please, but I would hope that as a society, we would at least inform people as to what the actual product is designed to do.
You could think of it like the nutrition labels on food. Imagine a pop up when you log onto reddit saying "this site on average engages users for 90-120 minutes per session". That would give you some forethought about how much value you're getting from the engagement and prompt you to make a different decision. Or at least a more informed decision.
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#6The internet was more addicting 20 years ago.
Not sure but anyway, 20 years ago it might have been accidentally addicting just because it was new, shiny and interesting. Today it's addicting because some people are employed full-time by large companies to make their products more addicting, and that's part of their OKRs and more ("Engagement" being one such metric that many companies try to increase religiously)
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#7We're all being sucked in the internet. It's so easy to become addict to video, podcasts, games, etc. nowadays that I would not be surprised if that becomes a major society issue.
The problem I have is that some of the content is really good. I have been able to lose weight consistently and easily because I found resources online that helped me understand the science and cut through all the bullshit that we are inundated with around nutrition. My confidence and results in investing are at an all time high because I can fill in the gaps of understanding with a range of experts on YouTube.
But, it does seems like an addiction when I want to accomplish a task and 20 minutes into that task I'm back on YouTube or forums looking for more interesting data.
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#8The internet was more addicting 20 years ago.
no way, tiktok looks like one of the most addicting platforms i’ve ever seen
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#9This hits hard. I recently counted hours watched on YT (via history export) and OH MY GD, it averaged around 3 hours daily throught the year, for several years. I just imagined WHAT IF I have spent this amount of effort and time on ANYTHING else: playing an instrument, learning a new language, coding a side-project. The thought scared me so much, aka the difference between current me and "potential" me that I have abstained from YT... for a week, and then I've slipped back. I am truly powerless, damn. Any other ideas besides cold turkey? I mean, some "quality time" needs also to exist, you cannot abstain from everything, right? Or is this a fallacy that gets alcoholics backs to alcohol?
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#10The internet was more addicting 20 years ago.
Not sure but anyway, 20 years ago it might have been accidentally addicting just because it was new, shiny and interesting. Today it's addicting because some people are employed full-time by large companies to make their products more addicting, and that's part of their OKRs and more ("Engagement" being one such metric that many companies try to increase religiously)
Yes. It might have been addicting too back then but no one I knew of was checking news/social networks 24/7 and was always available online.. because these things did not exist in the way they do today.
You went online to do something specific: play, research something or whatever else and you were not distracted by 500 services fighting for your attention. It was a much healthier way of consuming.
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