{"product":{"product_id":"1591847788","title":"Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products","price":"16.29","image_url":"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41NbRv8byAL._SL500_.jpg","url":"https://www.amazon.com/dp/1591847788"},"comments":[{"body":"\u0026gt; it's like they think i'm only on their site to earn rubies\r\n\r\nThey're nudging you for continuous interaction. The idea is to get you to make it a routine.\r\n\r\nRelevant book recommendation:\r\n\r\nhttps://www.amazon.com/Hooked-How-Build-Habit-Forming-Products/dp/1591847788\r\n\r\n","subreddit_name":"chess","author":"ooax"},{"body":"Hey, I just graduated from IIIT BBSR, now I'm at IIT BBSR doing research. If you need detailed guidance please PM me direct or I usually attend Quora Meetups ( Reddit BBSR subreddit is dead ) or Dev Meets in BBSR. We could meet in person for a nice chat. \r\n\r\nHere's a short outline on what I think you should do: \r\n\r\nIndividually: \r\n\r\n- ACM ICPC is really important. Focus on this. So is Google Code Jam. \r\n- Focus only on C/C++/Java and Python. 4 Years won't still be enough. For making your website/portfolio you could learn HTML/CSS and JS. For some frustration and joy, add a functional language, my top pick goes to Haskell.\r\n- Find a passion. Competitive isn't going to take forward very far as it's basically solving solved questions. It's practice. Passion in a field of CS or maybe something applied. \r\n- Open source contributions and designing habit forming products. [Check this book by Nir Eyal](https://www.amazon.in/Hooked-How-Build-Habit-Forming-Products/dp/1591847788) which goes by the same name.\r\n- Read Code Complete 2, Pragmatic Programmer, make stackoverflow your Facebook. Don't answer if you can't, but read. Read. And code. \r\n- Apply for Internships! Startups are nicer as the team is small so you'll learn a lot of new things. \r\n\r\nGroup/Social stuff:\r\n\r\n- ACM ICPC is a group event. Finding 2 friends in your college won't be difficult, I guess, who share the same passion.\r\n- Teachers aren't just bad in your college, they are present at every college. Ignore them and let's rather be graceful than sulk with remorse.\r\n- You have the whole city to explore. Go grab an Ola/Uber and visit institutes or email Profs you want to work with. BBSR has really nice people provided you search right.\r\n\r\nAbove all, don't do something because it's the trend. Do if it's fun. Sorry for the brevity and not much of an expert advice on the job/software product market as my career is mostly research and a bit of entrepreneurship. \r\n\r\nFor the very best of times, \r\n\r\nAnkit","subreddit_name":"Indian_Academia","author":"sudoankit"},{"body":"Check out the book \"Hooked\"\r\n\r\nhttps://www.amazon.com/Hooked-How-Build-Habit-Forming-Products/dp/1591847788\r\n\r\nIt's largely an instruction manual for how to build super addictive apps, and driving these highly emotional dopamine responses is a big part of it.","subreddit_name":"conspiracytheories","author":"px403"},{"body":"There is literally a very popular industry pop book called [Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products](https://www.amazon.com/Hooked-How-Build-Habit-Forming-Products/dp/1591847788). This sits on the shelf of every software product team everywhere. \r\n\r\nIt does have a chapter discussing the ethics of persuasion though. It's not a terrible, evil book but that that title should tell you everything you need to know about the approach to designing user experiences and the cutthroat jostling for a larger user base.","subreddit_name":"bestof","author":"joshawnard"},{"body":"The algo feeds what people want see. Creating bubbles where someone rarely sees anything to challenge their beliefs, be it political or otherwise. Because seeing conflicting ideas and arguments gives people discomfort. The algorithm doesn't want to create discomfort, it wants to create clicks and engagement.\r\n\r\nSocial media uses rules from gambling like never give someone the idea of a loss. Facebook won't notify you when someone unfriends you. Twitter won't notify you when someone unfollows you. There's a whole (perverted) psychological science behind it. I can highly recommend te book \"Hooked\" if you want to learn about it.\r\n\r\nIt is all very bad in many ways. I find it saddening you can't really agree to disagree with people anymore. At least online its a big issue. In real life not so much, people are much more reasonable. But you didn't do any of that, which is nice! I think we don't agree on many things but we can stil have a conversation without name calling. Rare but good, thank you!\r\n\r\nhttps://www.amazon.com/Hooked-How-Build-Habit-Forming-Products/dp/1591847788","subreddit_name":"WhitePeopleTwitter","author":"my_name_is_spez"},{"body":"\u0026gt; These developers are assholes that know exactly what they are doing.\r\n\r\nThey sure do - [Hooked](https://www.amazon.com/Hooked-How-Build-Habit-Forming-Products/dp/1591847788) came out in 2014 and changed the whole landscape. App developers actively seek out and exploit all kinds of psychological weak spots to make people addicted to their apps.\r\n\r\nHonestly I think it should be illegal and I wouldn't be surprised if the government cracks down on it in the same way that they cracked down on big tobacco - it is damaging to the younger generations growing up with it.","subreddit_name":"sadcringe","author":"itchy_bitchy_spider"},{"body":"Thanks, these sound exactly like what I was looking for.\r\n\r\nJust a thing about the first book: I've already read Hooked by Nyr Eal (https://www.amazon.com/Hooked-How-Build-Habit-Forming-Products/dp/1591847788), would you say that the one by Alter is pretty much the same thing?","subreddit_name":"booksuggestions","author":"XXXVI"},{"body":"100% it's bad, apps and websites exploit weakness in our brain to get us attached. One of the most widely read books in the field is called [Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products](https://www.amazon.com/Hooked-How-Build-Habit-Forming-Products/dp/1591847788)","subreddit_name":"memes","author":"itchy_bitchy_spider"},{"body":"Not really all that secret either. Look at the UX books that get into app architecture/design:\r\n\r\n* https://www.amazon.com/Hooked-How-Build-Habit-Forming-Products/dp/1591847788\r\n\r\n* https://www.amazon.com/Contagious-Things-Catch-Jonah-Berger/dp/1451686587/ref=pd_sim_14_1?_encoding=UTF8\u0026amp;pd_rd_i=1451686587\u0026amp;pd_rd_r=2RZ2QV5DMB8W75H614ZR\u0026amp;pd_rd_w=T90Qp\u0026amp;pd_rd_wg=qeUiI\u0026amp;psc=1\u0026amp;refRID=2RZ2QV5DMB8W75H614ZR\r\n\r\n* https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Make-Think-Revisited-Usability/dp/0321965515/ref=pd_sim_14_3?_encoding=UTF8\u0026amp;pd_rd_i=0321965515\u0026amp;pd_rd_r=2RZ2QV5DMB8W75H614ZR\u0026amp;pd_rd_w=T90Qp\u0026amp;pd_rd_wg=qeUiI\u0026amp;psc=1\u0026amp;refRID=2RZ2QV5DMB8W75H614ZR\r\n\r\n\r\n","subreddit_name":"nba","author":"rebeltrillionaire"},{"body":"For the uninitiated - 'Hooked - how to make habit forming products' is on pretty much every start-up's bookshelf in Silicone Valley.  \r\n\r\n\r\n[https://www.amazon.com/Hooked-How-Build-Habit-Forming-Products/dp/1591847788](https://www.amazon.com/Hooked-How-Build-Habit-Forming-Products/dp/1591847788)","subreddit_name":"videos","author":"NomeChomsky"},{"body":"I know he's kidding. Right? \r\nMay I suggest some reading for his or anyone's endeavor?\r\n\r\n[The future of software isn’t an app. It’s a habit](https://qz.com/1490440/the-future-of-software-isnt-an-app-its-a-habit/)\r\n\r\n\u0026gt;\"The companies that establish habits are the ones that will win\"\r\n\r\n[Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products](https://www.amazon.com/Hooked-How-Build-Habit-Forming-Products/dp/1591847788)\r\n\r\nYou have to have features that engage and hook your users so that they can't even fathom using silly services without features and incentives.\r\n\r\nSteam Sales. [Steam Sales Discovery card drops?](https://gist.github.com/xPaw/73f8ae2031b4e528abf7) Steam Market. I think Valve have created an engaging and habit forming product in Steam. \r\n\r\n* from an ethical standpoint XPAW your game store might just pass the [regret test](https://www.nirandfar.com/2018/01/regret-test.html)?  At least you are not using features and incentives to manipulate consumers? But, most customers want entertained and manipulated. Right? \r\n\r\n\u0026gt;the techniques used by product managers at the world’s largest companies are equal parts psychology and technology\r\n\r\nHow many [physiologist](https://www.valvesoftware.com/en/jobs?job_id=11) do Epic have hired? Anyone? ","subreddit_name":"Steam","author":"truexjr2017"},{"body":"This one? https://www.amazon.com/Hooked-How-Build-Habit-Forming-Products/dp/1591847788\r\n\r\nI'll order it now, thanks!","subreddit_name":"startups","author":"caseyscompass"},{"body":"Same here! Social media is just a machine created by the most intelligent people (engineers, psychologists, economics) to get ourselves hooked.\r\n\r\nIf you want to read about that phenomenon, I really recommend this book:\r\n\r\n[https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Nir-Eyal/dp/1591847788](https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Nir-Eyal/dp/1591847788)\r\n\r\nAnd well, I guess you are a man, so this may also interest you:\r\n\r\n[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpVnXJl3GK8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpVnXJl3GK8)\r\n\r\nI'm glad you don't have social media, keep it like that and keep fighting for your goals!\r\n\r\n**God bless you!**","subreddit_name":"NoFap","author":"m_ivan2003"},{"body":"[Hooked](https://www.amazon.com/Hooked-How-Build-Habit-Forming-Products/dp/1591847788) and [Contagious](https://www.amazon.com/Contagious-Things-Catch-Jonah-Berger/dp/1451686587/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1LOI4FFH4BWGS\u0026amp;dchild=1\u0026amp;keywords=contagious+by+jonah+berger\u0026amp;qid=1608061347\u0026amp;s=books\u0026amp;sprefix=Contagious%2Cstripbooks%2C389\u0026amp;sr=1-3) also both touch on this as well.","subreddit_name":"webdev","author":"modwrk"},{"body":"If anyone in the app development world is perusing here I highly recommend the book \"Hooked\". Required reading IMO. [https://www.amazon.com/Hooked-How-Build-Habit-Forming-Products/dp/1591847788](https://www.amazon.com/Hooked-How-Build-Habit-Forming-Products/dp/1591847788)","subreddit_name":"love","author":"TaoistAlchemist"}]}