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Show HN: I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass
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Re: Show HN: I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass
#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm up in icy Canada, but a social media hibernation might do me well.
As fast as some social media circles move I imagine come spring it's possible to not understand the context of most of what is being posted.
Sounds like a good way for a temporary fix to become a permanent one.
Re: Show HN: I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass
#53Works fine in Finland in winter!
Re: Show HN: I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass
#54Why does the app need to collect location data?
are you telling me it actually checks the GPS coordinates against satellite images? ....
Re: Show HN: I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass
#55Nice idea. I feel like we don't see as many fun/whimsical apps these days as we did 10-15 years ago.
Whimsical doesn’t make money and we are a society of sellouts.
Re: Show HN: I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass
#56What if someone tries to cheat and just touch a picture of grass? You need to understand that the no-touch-grass people are Machiavellian.
The only person they're cheating is themselves. Any systems designed to help you curb phone addictions only work if you do the legwork and are in the mindset of wanting to improve. The systems are only guardrails to lean on when you're tired. If you decide to vault the rails, that's not sustainable in any way.
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Re: Show HN: I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass
#57Why does the app need to collect location data?
to locate user location ofcourse
Re: Show HN: I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass
#58Nice idea. I feel like we don't see as many fun/whimsical apps these days as we did 10-15 years ago.
Whimsical doesn’t make money and we are a society of sellouts.
Is it possible that we're not as comfortable as we were a decade ago? I'll admit to having no aspirations to make that next killer app, but that's because I'm fairly financially secure, not wealthy by any means, but a decent paying job with a pension, and I know that's a privileged position the days.
Re: Show HN: I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass
#59great concept! out of curiosity - what tool
did you use to create the main UI app animation/video on the website?
Re: Show HN: I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass
#60Are there any good anti-procrastination Safari extensions for desktop? Sometimes it can be hypnotic.