Show HN: I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass

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Post by dkkergoog » Mon, Feb 24, 2025, 5:24 PM UTC

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Re: Show HN: I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass

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Post by harrison_clarke » Mon, Feb 24, 2025, 5:28 PM UTC

fun idea

i'm not going to see any grass for another few months, unless i travel somewhere warmer, though

Re: Show HN: I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass

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Post by myvoiceismypass » Mon, Feb 24, 2025, 5:28 PM UTC

pcthrowaway wrote: post #72

People are just going to carry a patch of fake grass around with them to bypass the checks. So I suspect the reviews will be astroturfed.

Reviewing this app is a sod job, but someone's gotta do it

Re: Show HN: I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass

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Post by twothamendment » Mon, Feb 24, 2025, 5:32 PM UTC

It might be awhile before I can touch grass. There is quite a bit of snow on the ground!

Re: Show HN: I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass

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Post by ahmadtbk » Mon, Feb 24, 2025, 5:33 PM UTC

Spending many hours not touching grass to build an app that makes you touch grass. I like it.

Re: Show HN: I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass

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Post by archon810 » Mon, Feb 24, 2025, 5:36 PM UTC

ahmadtbk wrote: post #165

Spending many hours not touching grass to build an app that makes you touch grass. I like it.

If by many hours you mean probably 30 minutes in ChatGPT, then yes.

Re: Show HN: I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass

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Post by alaithea » Mon, Feb 24, 2025, 5:39 PM UTC

tibbetts wrote: post #155

Needs a mode where touching snow counts.

I was thinking the same. Grass is hard to come by in my neck of the woods right now. Maybe "touch bark?"

Re: Show HN: I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass

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Post by alaithea » Mon, Feb 24, 2025, 5:41 PM UTC

moolcool wrote: post #34

duxup wrote: post #3

This is going to be rough up north where I am, too much snow.

I'm up in icy Canada, but a social media hibernation might do me well.

Hibernating? Touch Bear.

You'll never use social media again.

Re: Show HN: I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass

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Post by moontear » Mon, Feb 24, 2025, 5:41 PM UTC

How is it blocking other apps? Is it creating apple shortcuts which go through this app as a launcher?

Re: Show HN: I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass

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Post by gdiocarez » Mon, Feb 24, 2025, 5:43 PM UTC

What the ....