[sjellis]

"Any potentially addictive software/service should offer a way for users to lock themselves out of their own account for a predetermined set of hours."

It's really noticeable that Hacker News provides exactly this feature, and absolutely no other site that I've seen does.

[louprado]

Discussion regaring profile options: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4855004

For years I resorted to hacking /etc/hosts to block HN. Mentally, I just assumed that no website would have such settings so I never bothered to learn what noprocrast meant.

[pbhjpbhj]

I presume you're referring to "noprocrast" in one's profile.