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Do you know how much money would you make instead of sitting in Facebook/Reddit?

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Re: Do you know how much money would you make instead of sitting in Facebook/Reddit?

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post #11

I earn a monthly salary. That means that as long as I avoid getting fired I earn the same amount regardless of how much time I spend on Reddit/Facebook.

I see.

Are there activities that you would consider productive (you would like to do more) and activities that are non-productive?

There is an idea to assign a positive hourly rate for good time spent and a negative hourly rate to other activities in the internet.

The app would track that time spend and show balance to gamify productivity rise.

Re: Do you know how much money would you make instead of sitting in Facebook/Reddit?

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post #6

Feature request - make it fun and position it in a different way than "how much you would make instead". Calculating hourly rate multiplied by time spent on a distracting platform is useless because in reality the overwhelming majority of people don't have an additional income source where that time can be invested. And the ones who do will find it really difficult to calculate an accurate hourly rate. On top of this…

That's a very good point, however, then it becomes much more complex. > time spent on a distracting platform is useless because in reality the overwhelming majority of people don't have an additional income source where that time can be invested in Was thinking to propose options for that, e.g. give a link guides how to make a side income, for example, Upwork, creation of youtube channel, etc. To make it positive is…

There is an idea to assign a positive hourly rate for good time spent and a negative hourly rate to other activities in the internet. The app would track that time spend and show balance to gamify productivity rise.

This is the current idea of how to approach the challenges you have mentioned.

Re: Do you know how much money would you make instead of sitting in Facebook/Reddit?

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post #11

I earn a monthly salary. That means that as long as I avoid getting fired I earn the same amount regardless of how much time I spend on Reddit/Facebook.

I'm salaried and eligible for overtime, but I don't have the option of overtime whenever I want. I did have a job with unlimited overtime once, but it didn't last (the overtime I mean, they decided to classify us as exempt).

If you are eligible for overtime, it seems like, say, time-and-a-half is probably going to be more lucrative than a second job.

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