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Looking for means to block apps/websites during certain hours of the day (pc, mobile) (hexbear.net)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by AstroStelar@hexbear.net to c/technology@hexbear.net

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The one Discord group I'm in is often most active after midnight, it is the biggest reason I stay up till 2 AM, which is terribke when I will have to start getting up at 6 AM when studying starts. Hexbear and Lemmygrad also become time sinks for me.

So what are recommendations for applications that can block apps and websites?

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[–] Enjoyer_of_Games@hexbear.net 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I can't recommend any because everything I've tried no matter how robust I just end up circumventing in the moment that I want to visit a website.

A subset of the realization that technology can never be the main solution to social problems.

Turns out I got adhd and no amount of browser plugins, firewalls or whatever else was ever going to help me study.

Is the situation with your discord group one where you could suggest the group as a whole be active at earlier hours? My own discord group unanimously decided to do this a while ago and it worked out for everyone. But we are much older than you and are close friends who had been keeping young man gamer hours out of habit far longer than anyone ought to.

Another option if you're comfortable with it is to ask them to give you a nudge to go to bed when they see you up late.

Good luck. I see in your profile that you've already considered that you might have adhd. I cannot recommend strongly enough that you seek resolution on this before it might effect your studies. Not being diagnosed earlier, paticularly when I was studying, is truly one of the greatest regrets of my life.

[–] SchillMenaker@hexbear.net 4 points 8 months ago

Reading this thread I was thinking the same thing. If I had control over the blocker and I wanted to bypass it I just would. I always see ADHD advice like "Reward yourself with a cookie for completing a task" and my brain goes fuck you I'm going to eat all the cookies and still not do the task.