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ktm5j | 16 days ago

Maybe you're not the type of person who's struggled with addiction, but it can do awful things to you. Yes, including being addicted to scrolling social media. It screws with your head to the point where you don't know how to live in the moment anymore.

IMO it's a feature that's not valuable enough to justify the fact that it contributes to poor quality of life for people who can't put it down.

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cyberrock|15 days ago

What will stop the addicts from just installing a modified build? Will distributors of modified builds be subject to jail sentences like drug dealers? What about authors of auto-paginate scripts like Reddit Enhancement Suite, or the various HN client apps?

jakubadamw|15 days ago

What percentage of, say, Facebook or TikTok users do you think use an unofficial client/website to access the platform's content?

randomNumber7|16 days ago

The first step to get on track in life is to stop blaming the outside for all problems. Yes some people had really bad luck but in the end you can only change yourself.

MrScruff|16 days ago

I suspect there's not a huge amount of overlap between those who would like this banned and those who are targeted by it.

memish|16 days ago

Would you ban alcohol and video games and Netflix?

ozgrakkurt|15 days ago

Alcohol would have been definitely banned if it was feasible