Ask HN: Add an option to disable karma count numbers in navbar?

I personally find it really distracting!

I can't seem to stop looking at it no matter how hard I try.

I know I could create a special CSS rule to cut it out which would be the HN way to do it... I'm just curious if others find it unnecessarily distracting as well, really.

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Simplest is to just log out. Doesn't really matter if you upvote or not.

Why does it distract you?

Because I keep looking at it when I do not wish to.

I’d say that’s the how. Why do you look at it when you do not wish too? Habit? I’d suggest trying to be mindful of your body/subconscious/emotional feedback next time you have the urge to look. Try to figure out what feelings cue the urge. This is a meditation technic called a body scan which I find useful in figuring out why I have and how I can break a habit.

If all that meditation doesn't work I'd go with a CSS rule.

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