[faitswulff]

> These things are designed to be addictive

I would blame app designers, but I uninstalled all of them and ended up pissing away most of the day on HackerNews, so I think they're mostly blameless in my case.

[drivers99]

HN has many of the same addicting qualities.

You never know what you'll get when you reload (after some time has passed) (Random reinforcement.) Also, if you comment, you get random reinforcement in the form of (hopefully nice) replies and upvote points.

Ranking stories on the front page based on voting also is intended to draw an audience with similar interests.

[plants]

Hacker news is addicting, but there is a noprocrast setting that only allows you on the site for maxvisit minutes at a time and doesn't let you back on until minaway minutes have expired. I just turned it on this week and it has changed my browsing habits immensely!

[frosted-flakes]

Yeah, but changing it back is just two clicks away, and I don't have the discipline to not do that.

[faitswulff]

Unfortunately, I use Firefox Focus, meaning I'm not logged in most of the time. However I may use this for my desktop addiction, thank!

[stcredzero]

I uninstalled all of them and ended up pissing away most of the day on HackerNews, so I think they're mostly blameless in my case.

All of us HN commenters are also engagement designers. If not in our day jobs, then at least in an amateur capacity in text.