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by psv1 2407 days ago
Feature request - make it fun and position it in a different way than "how much you would make instead". Calculating hourly rate multiplied by time spent on a distracting platform is useless because in reality the overwhelming majority of people don't have an additional income source where that time can be invested. And the ones who do will find it really difficult to calculate an accurate hourly rate.

On top of this, you need to take into account the income benefit of leisure time and relaxation, and the income benefit of casual random interactions on platforms like HN, reddit, youtube. And let's not forget time spent learning - associating a monetary amount with it is so so difficult.

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That's a very good point, however, then it becomes much more complex.

> time spent on a distracting platform is useless because in reality the overwhelming majority of people don't have an additional income source where that time can be invested in

Was thinking to propose options for that, e.g. give a link guides how to make a side income, for example, Upwork, creation of youtube channel, etc.

To make it positive is a good challenge as well. I can introduce some scores that would take into account a ratio between time spent on a productive vs non-productive website and show the result as an icon that shows a summary for a day, like learning, leisure, work.

Do you have specific ideas on how to make it more positive?

There is an idea to assign a positive hourly rate for good time spent and a negative hourly rate to other activities in the internet. The app would track that time spend and show balance to gamify productivity rise.

This is the current idea of how to approach the challenges you have mentioned.