<story><title>The internet changed my life</title><url>https://pointersgonewild.com/2022/01/19/the-internet-changed-my-life/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Kiro</author><text>How is HN any better than reddit?</text></item><item><author>iratewizard</author><text>Same boat on turning off reddit years ago. I hope significantly more people do the same.</text></item><item><author>abyssin</author><text>This reminds me of the saying in the psychedelic culture: “Once you’ve got the message, hang up the phone.” In March 2021 I made a similar decision regarding my use of Reddit. I’ve lost years doom-scrolling, but it’s also taught me useful things, especially regarding how to take care of my health. Now I feel like I’m getting more from books and I’ve transitioned to reading more of them. (Some of the reclaimed time also went towards caring for my first child.)&lt;p&gt;It isn’t too late to hang up the phone.</text></item><item><author>toyg</author><text>The internet to me was a blessing and a curse. In economic terms, it has granted me lots of opportunities I might have not otherwise had; in social terms, it has taken a big toll, significantly isolating me from the world, which I didn&amp;#x27;t admit until very recently. I remember a smart classmate at university who, one day, just stopped attending and sold his computers, saying something like &amp;quot;these little colored lights have turned me into something I don&amp;#x27;t like&amp;quot;. Some days I wish I had done the same.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>fragmede</author><text>In many ways it is not. It&amp;#x27;s an endless source of procrastination and staying here too long without other influences will cause you to develop a most profound case of engineer&amp;#x27;s disease and blind you to the specific brand of groupthink here. Still, the level of discourse here is high compared to the worst of Reddit, and sometimes on topics I find highly engaging, which keeps me coming back for more (distraction). Just don&amp;#x27;t fall into the logical fallacy that any of us here are worth more than any other human being because (some of us) have more money, or that we&amp;#x27;re able to string English words together to form complete sentences.</text></comment>
<story><title>The internet changed my life</title><url>https://pointersgonewild.com/2022/01/19/the-internet-changed-my-life/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Kiro</author><text>How is HN any better than reddit?</text></item><item><author>iratewizard</author><text>Same boat on turning off reddit years ago. I hope significantly more people do the same.</text></item><item><author>abyssin</author><text>This reminds me of the saying in the psychedelic culture: “Once you’ve got the message, hang up the phone.” In March 2021 I made a similar decision regarding my use of Reddit. I’ve lost years doom-scrolling, but it’s also taught me useful things, especially regarding how to take care of my health. Now I feel like I’m getting more from books and I’ve transitioned to reading more of them. (Some of the reclaimed time also went towards caring for my first child.)&lt;p&gt;It isn’t too late to hang up the phone.</text></item><item><author>toyg</author><text>The internet to me was a blessing and a curse. In economic terms, it has granted me lots of opportunities I might have not otherwise had; in social terms, it has taken a big toll, significantly isolating me from the world, which I didn&amp;#x27;t admit until very recently. I remember a smart classmate at university who, one day, just stopped attending and sold his computers, saying something like &amp;quot;these little colored lights have turned me into something I don&amp;#x27;t like&amp;quot;. Some days I wish I had done the same.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>iratewizard</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m hopeful that the HN I enjoyed 10 years ago can be brought back when the reddit refugees who destroyed their own site lose interest.</text></comment>