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The great cat and mouse game 1. uBlock - Blocks annoying ads 2. Sponsorblock - Blocks annoying nordvpn, curiositystream, et al 3. uBlacklist - Blocks annoyin

The great cat and mouse game 1. uBlock - Blocks annoying ads 2. Sponsorblock - Blocks annoying nordvpn, curiositystream, et al 3. uBlacklist - Blocks annoying pinterest, quora, et al Keep the good fight going guys. Kudos!

_hiji 5y ago
dont forget blocknyt.com for twitter. i wish they'd make it extensible so we could subscribe to a variety of blocklists
- kuschkufan 5y ago
  They want access to my twitter timeline? Fat chance of that happening...
unraveller 5y ago
Don't forget BlockTube, thanks to it I haven't seen a soyface thumbnail in over a year.
- aembleton 5y ago
  Clickbait remover for YouTube is also good for this https://github.com/pietervanheijningen/clickbait-remover-for-youtube https://github.com/pietervanheijningen/clickbait-remover-for...
- zmix 5y ago
  On Android, there is "SmartTubeNext" (or so), you may find it via "STN youtube". It just takes out all the crap from YouTube, but keeps all features (at least the ones I know).
jart 5y ago
Every time I accidentally click a Quora search result it makes me so unhappy. I must have missed the memo about Pinterest though. I always liked that site but haven't been on there in a while. I'm reading up on what's wrong and it sounds like a few years ago it started drowning in ads. Then this year they pushed an update that caused half their users to stop using the platform. Is that accurate?
- kccqzy 5y ago
  What's wrong with Quora? Now I don't use Quora for any serious source of information, but it's just a site with lots of fun anecdotes. Reading these anecdotes isn't a bad way to pass the time; it's IMO much better than mindlessly watching videos on Instagram or TikTok (which I don't do at all).
  - ncann 5y ago
    My experience with Quora is it's extremely unpredictable. Sometimes you get lucky and get a high quality answer by a subject expert. Sometimes you get junk answers.
    - bambax 5y ago
      On many topics top answers are completely false.
  - matkoniecz 5y ago
    For me "better than Instagram" is not sufficient
  - tjpnz 5y ago
    Quora would be awesome if it weren't for the constant pestering to install the app.
  - GhettoComputers 5y ago
    Its just like reddit with no threading, more annoying site with unblockable ads. >much better than mindlessly watching videos on Instagram or TikTok (which I don't do at all). How can you definitively say that? If I said this thing I never tried is worst than what I do, wouldn't you at least suggest I try it? Good stuff you might really like exists too: https://www.tiktok.com/tag/programmerhumor?lang=en https://www.tiktok.com/tag/programmerhumor?lang=en
    - MathCodeLove 5y ago
      It's better in the sense that you're not demolishing your attention span with low quality ~30 second videos that usually aren't even funny or entertaining. It requires some level of cognition to read Quora comments, it requires none to sit and watch Tiktok for hours.

_hiji 5y ago

dont forget blocknyt.com for twitter. i wish they'd make it extensible so we could subscribe to a variety of blocklists

kuschkufan 5y ago
They want access to my twitter timeline? Fat chance of that happening...

unraveller 5y ago

Don't forget BlockTube, thanks to it I haven't seen a soyface thumbnail in over a year.

aembleton 5y ago
Clickbait remover for YouTube is also good for this https://github.com/pietervanheijningen/clickbait-remover-for-youtube https://github.com/pietervanheijningen/clickbait-remover-for...
zmix 5y ago
On Android, there is "SmartTubeNext" (or so), you may find it via "STN youtube". It just takes out all the crap from YouTube, but keeps all features (at least the ones I know).

jart 5y ago

Every time I accidentally click a Quora search result it makes me so unhappy. I must have missed the memo about Pinterest though. I always liked that site but haven't been on there in a while. I'm reading up on what's wrong and it sounds like a few years ago it started drowning in ads. Then this year they pushed an update that caused half their users to stop using the platform. Is that accurate?

kccqzy 5y ago
What's wrong with Quora? Now I don't use Quora for any serious source of information, but it's just a site with lots of fun anecdotes. Reading these anecdotes isn't a bad way to pass the time; it's IMO much better than mindlessly watching videos on Instagram or TikTok (which I don't do at all).
- ncann 5y ago
  My experience with Quora is it's extremely unpredictable. Sometimes you get lucky and get a high quality answer by a subject expert. Sometimes you get junk answers.
  - bambax 5y ago
    On many topics top answers are completely false.
- matkoniecz 5y ago
  For me "better than Instagram" is not sufficient
- tjpnz 5y ago
  Quora would be awesome if it weren't for the constant pestering to install the app.
- GhettoComputers 5y ago
  Its just like reddit with no threading, more annoying site with unblockable ads. >much better than mindlessly watching videos on Instagram or TikTok (which I don't do at all). How can you definitively say that? If I said this thing I never tried is worst than what I do, wouldn't you at least suggest I try it? Good stuff you might really like exists too: https://www.tiktok.com/tag/programmerhumor?lang=en https://www.tiktok.com/tag/programmerhumor?lang=en
  - MathCodeLove 5y ago
    It's better in the sense that you're not demolishing your attention span with low quality ~30 second videos that usually aren't even funny or entertaining. It requires some level of cognition to read Quora comments, it requires none to sit and watch Tiktok for hours.