Can't override procrastination settings anymore

8 points·sanj··6 comments

For anyone who was also surprised, PG has made good on removing the override switch on the no-procast settings.

Now I can't undermine myself. As much.

Can I ask for an option to yes override myself? Otherwise I'm going to have to turn it on and off every day, or on weekends.

I use it as a reminder, not as a force.

And you can't even get to your profile to change it once it locks you out!

I don't like it. What if I post something, and I need to edit it? 90% of the time I override, it's for that.

Same here, actually; I use it primarily as a reminder. Some days I get a lot of value out of the anti-procrastination feature, as it will warn me when I've been here. I actually start my browsing on work days with HN, because if I get the warning, I know I should just stop.

Also, fairly frequently I open a few articles, and by the time I get back to click to the next page I've been locked out. Override is really handy then.

I would suggest a 5 minute reminder before being locked out.

Maybe you can add that as a suggestion in this thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=445959

Thank you pg. I had recommended giving a karma penalty (-1) for every override, but this works too. It seems others are requesting an "override allowed" setting, which could definitely be useful but as it stands I'm really liking the no override.

i love this new feature ... might as well take the retry button since refreshing the pages accomplishes the same thing

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