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		paxys on April 5, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Firefox addon that hides news articles ab... There is a limit IMO. Getting bombarded with COVID-19 news, videos, blogs, Tweets every second of the day is definitely not healthy. I would definitely prefer taking like 30 minutes 2-3 times a day to keep myself updated using my preferred sources.

smcl on April 5, 2020 | [–]

Well the person you are replying to said "in small daily small doses". To be honest I think 30 minutes, 2-3 times a day is already well past that.

johntfella on April 5, 2020 | [–]

yea. I no longer have facebook or twitter. nor reddit. hn i check monthly at most. I generally just keep to hammerstone feed that I check weekly.

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