> Couldn't continue after that.

Sure you could have. You even acknowledge that there may be good points in the article. But you chose to prioritize whatever positive feeling you got out of closing it and coming back to HN to make a comment about how you'd done so.

What they mean is the person lost all credibility in their eyes and they can't take anything they say seriously.

I disagree, but substantively what's it matter?

You should also consider it a hook for people who do not consider these addictive facets of social media but would listen to what another astrology fanatic would say. Meaning the article is not specifically for you. That doesn’t make it any less informational. Consider this is NPR a widely read source for the layman and they’re playing to their audience.

> I'm a Libra which means I was born to find balance

Nope. I stopped reading right there as well.

Christ, the replies and me-toos on this thread sound like a bunch of atheists who can't stop telling everyone around how bad Christians are because they are constantly proselytizing.

Yup. I usually really like NPR but I had to stop once I read that. Why'd they have to say they were a Libra? They could have just said "I was born to find balance". ugh.

There is a huge rise in popularity with astrology it is honestly getting concerning .. ironically social media is fuelling that growth (tiktok mainly)

Same here. Very off-putting. How do I know that the rest of the article is not just hocus-pocus?

You could skim it halfway into the article.

Agreed. Instantly stopped reading at this point, and came to find comments thinking the same.