zero_billion

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   by zero_billion 5y ago

   congrats on the launch, Aditya!
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   by zero_billion 5y ago

   thanks for sharing this. we have seen this problem first hand in our community.
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   by zero_billion 5y ago

   thanks for your suggestion.
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   by zero_billion 5y ago

   great to see that you're making progress. do checkout BlockerX to see if it might be helpful. all the best on your journey!
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   by zero_billion 5y ago

   Atmana is a combination of 2 sanskrit words. there's nothing hindu about the name at all.
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   by zero_billion 5y ago

   DSM-5 and ICD-11 are incredibly slow and it takes years and may be decades for them to be able to write to manual on something new like compulsive usage of digital products etc. it's hard to rely on them for newer problems that don&#x2
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   by zero_billion 5y ago

   thanks, will check out these books.
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   by zero_billion 5y ago

   great to know that you were actually able to quit social media and other heavy dopamine stimulants. this is inspiring! any specific resources/framework/books that helped you along this journey?
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   by zero_billion 5y ago

   sorry, I missed YC. Other than YC we haven't taken any external funds. I forgot to add this as technically the funds still haven't hit our account (still paperwork is pending).
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    by zero_billion 5y ago

    thanks for sharing your experience. this is helpful!
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    by zero_billion 5y ago

    we're completely bootstrapped and haven't taken any external funding yet. we aren't sponsored by any church etc. and have no religious affiliation. restriction might help all addictions. But, we need to start somewhere, and w
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    by zero_billion 5y ago

    true, i haven't found any research paper on this too. But, I have seen this being shared in our community posts.
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    by zero_billion 5y ago

    corrected this. i meant quitting porn has helped many such people overcome ED.
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    by zero_billion 5y ago

    it's an intervention only because the user is looking for an intervention to overcome some behaviors that are negatively impacting their life.
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    by zero_billion 5y ago

    yes, we do enforce google and bing safe search.
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    by zero_billion 5y ago

    our block depends on the device, on android it's dns and showing an overlay on adult contnet. in ios it's through dns/vpn. regarding social media - that's next on our list! porn was the 1st use case and we plan to help p
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    by zero_billion 5y ago

    i second that.
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    by zero_billion 5y ago

    support groups do help. it's proven to be effective with substance abuse addictions. we are helping people with a support group where users can share and help each other.
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    by zero_billion 5y ago

    haha. didn't quite get what you want us to automate?
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    by zero_billion 5y ago

    i appreciate your feedback. thanks! we do have a feature where users can talk to a coach and get their problems addressed.
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    by zero_billion 5y ago

    thanks for sharing your experience. i guess it's different for different people. i have heard stories of young men who had erectile dysfunction. They could not get an erection with their partner but could an erection with porn. quittin
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    by zero_billion 5y ago

    even with the app, only those who think our app will help them will install. it's not for everyone. we are firm believers in the free market economy and we are in no way saying that porn is bad or immoral etc. we are only assisting peo
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    by zero_billion 5y ago

    i guess these are studies that indicate the harmful effects. but, the question was about whether quitting porn can make people happy. i guess that's not quantified. also, happiness is quite difficult to quantify in general.
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    by zero_billion 5y ago

    thanks for your kind words and comment. As to how we prevent bypasses, we have a many little things that overall work really well. E.g. in iOS, if user disables a vpn profile, we have a way to enable this in a few seconds. in android, with
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    by zero_billion 5y ago

    sure, thanks so much. will correct these rightaway!
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    by zero_billion 5y ago

    I honestly don't think there is any policing. there are groups like nofap because people who fundamentally believed that they wanted to quit porn came together and there's no force. people do this voluntarily based on their own ch
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    by zero_billion 5y ago

    that's true. a few of our competitors are quite strong in religious channels to promote their products. this is definitely an interesting channel to explore. as to /r/nofap - for some reason this channel doesn't show in
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    by zero_billion 5y ago

    that's an interesting idea. will explore this further. do reply if you know any such organizations at the top of your head.
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    by zero_billion 5y ago

    that's actually a good idea. however, 99.5+% of those who watch porn might not have a problem with it and hence, might not need our solution. but, worth exploring, this could be similar to running banner ads where a small % of impressi
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    by zero_billion 5y ago

    quite true, porn is definitely very hard to stay off of as it's easily accessible at any time from any device.