Hmm meanwhile... I had a facebook tab in my browser...
... i switched back to it and noticed my login expired. Didn't bother to log back in.
Yes I'm bragging. Yes, I'm also commenting on HN :)
My Struggle with Doom Scrolling
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#102I wonder if there's a "minimum viable connectivity threshold" in modern life - you literally cannot function below a certain baseline of digital access. You could model the failure of "delete everything" strategies as hitting against this hard constraint: banking, authentication, and basic services simply assume browser availability. Maybe the key insight here is the pivot from prohibition to differential friction. B…
> I wonder if there's a "minimum viable connectivity threshold" in modern life - you literally cannot function below a certain baseline of digital access.
Homeless people can't get access to govt. services if they don't have phone or callbacks in case they next in line to receive benefits. The following guy documents such problems that seem so obvious in retrospect.
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#103Earlier quoted context omitted.
What does preppy mean for alphas?
Dictionary.com has an article about the current meaning: https://www.dictionary.com/e/the-new-meaning-of-preppy/
Weird they do not even mention tiktok trend to intentionally mistype words (originally to circumvent certain content filters).
I would guess there is some link between this trend and the word `pretty`, but I'm no linguist or tiktoker
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#104Try Inoreader. It can ingest and deduplicate most feeds oit there, ibcluding things like facebook groups, reddit and hacker news.
The paid version also can desuplicate across the sources, which is really nice.
Then just block every other source.
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#105Earlier quoted context omitted.
No. I think it's one of those situations where the word has changed meaning for certain groups of people, like a game of telephone, because dopamine scrolling and doom scrolling are semantically close. It's kind of like how gen alpha has a different view of what "preppy" means than what previous generations would have thought.
What does preppy mean for alphas?
> adjective used to describe someone who dresses in fashion associated with college preparatory (“prep”) school that gives the impression of old money
I thought it was about stocking life supplies in the basement though.
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#106For Android folks, my friend built an app to limit / restrict the apps and websites your phone has access to. It's essentially like workplace fleet management, but for yourself. I have a little more personal self control, but found his technical implementation pretty neat! https://limitphone.com/
It not being able to uninstalled is a catch 22. I understand why it is uninstallable to prevent people from breaking, uninstalling it and getting around it but I also don't trust the app and it being uninstallable sounds like a risk.
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#107Does everyone really mean doom scrolling when they talk about these issues? For me personally, it's definitely about dopamine and not about negative emotions, yet everyone uses the phrase doom scrolling - am I the odd one out? For example, if I'm feeling stressed/anxious, I'll scroll/browse/distract myself to avoid the negative feelings. I'm not seeking them like doom scrolling says.
I think this means doom scrolling for many people too. I feel “doom”, so I scroll to distract from the emotions.
Re: My Struggle with Doom Scrolling
#108Does everyone really mean doom scrolling when they talk about these issues? For me personally, it's definitely about dopamine and not about negative emotions, yet everyone uses the phrase doom scrolling - am I the odd one out? For example, if I'm feeling stressed/anxious, I'll scroll/browse/distract myself to avoid the negative feelings. I'm not seeking them like doom scrolling says.
I believe it implies that it will inevitably result in your doom, because you won't be able to achieve much in life.
Interesting all the interpretations of the meaning of 'doom' in this context. I thought it was because the never-ending feed meant that you'd scroll until the end of time, which is called 'doom' (or judgement day or doomsday) in older literature.
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#109Im trying a ”new” thing, in fact something I abandoned years ago. Namely rss. I made some scrapers for the sites i follow that lacks full rss feeds, and can now enjoy distraction free focused reading again, without inflammatory comment sections. However, I’m here commenting so I guess im still under the spell. :-/
Tried this for twitter as there are some people I still like for their concise content, but I don't want to be drawn into curated corporate doomscroll. Doesn't work as good as I thought, but I still consider RSS to be a valuable tool to put a safe gate to personal internet use
Yea, I dont follow ppl on twitter anymore,
but you can use nitter to turn any user into a rss feed.
https://nitter.privacydev.net/elonmusk/rss
For subreddit you can use redlib which has rss feeds, example https://redlib.zaggy.nl/r/insects.rss
Using this as a source, you can combine a bunch of subreddits you like to follow into a single feed for minimal usage effort.
Since you are processing the feeds by now, it is trivial to filter out crap you dont want, such as Musk news.
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#110Under "later modifications" he mentions an app for web site access limits and a "new browser", but doesn't say which. I guess this is not meant to help others?