<story><title>How Social Media is Built for Addiction</title><url>https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/the-secret-ways-social-media-is-built-for-addiction</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>localhost3000</author><text>I built a chrome extension to help me with this addiction. It replaces the distracting parts of social networking sites (like Facebook&amp;#x27;s News Feed) with a todo app to keep me on task whenever I look to these sites to procrastinate.&lt;p&gt;The app unlocks the site for a configurable amount of time after I&amp;#x27;ve completed my tasks.&lt;p&gt;Also supports Hacker News, Reddit, YouTube, Twitter, and Product Hunt.&lt;p&gt;It has helped me a lot with a. Recovering lost productivity and b. Feeling less addicted to these sites.&lt;p&gt;If curious: Todobook &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;chrome.google.com&amp;#x2F;webstore&amp;#x2F;detail&amp;#x2F;todobook&amp;#x2F;ihbejplhkeifejcpijadinaicidddbde?hl=en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;chrome.google.com&amp;#x2F;webstore&amp;#x2F;detail&amp;#x2F;todobook&amp;#x2F;ihbejplhk...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>How Social Media is Built for Addiction</title><url>https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/the-secret-ways-social-media-is-built-for-addiction</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Alex3917</author><text>This article also uses manipulative tricks to maximize your time on page. Notice that each paragraph is relatively short and approximately the same length. This is done purposefully to reduce the cognitive overhead of reading and makes it easier to keep going from one to the next, always with the hope that maybe &lt;i&gt;the next&lt;/i&gt; paragraph will deliver some key insight.</text></comment>