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> I’m so addicted to the internet that when I block social media, I find I get quite the similar fix from work Slack. Install "LeechBlock" in Firefox and "AppB
by rightbyte 3y ago
> I’m so addicted to the internet that when I block social media, I find I get quite the similar fix from work Slack.
Install "LeechBlock" in Firefox and "AppBlock" for apps. Block Reddit, Facebook, Twitter, CNN or whatever bad habit feedscrolling sites you use.
Limit it to like 2200-2300 in the beginning and then just set a total ban after one or two weeks.
It helped me alot. It was ridiculous how I had like muscle memory to open these things for no reason at all, all the time. I noticed first after I got the block message I set myself.
After a month or two the bad habit was gone.
Reddit got some third party mirrors for specific threads I want to read in search results (with a clunky high bar to reach) and there are plenty of alternatives to CNN. Etc.
- matsemann 3y agoI used leechblock when writing my thesis in a period of heavy procrastination. It was quite mind-opening how often it would block me from just zoning out and go to a webpage and start scrolling. Leechblock allowed me to just press "visit anyway", but just having that short "uh oh" moment let me know I was mindlessly doing something without even thinking about it. Like checking the front page of HN for the fifth time that hour.
- ssgodderidge 3y agoFor those who use TamperMonkey[0], here's a basic script [1] I wrote to replace HTML on matching URL's with your own message. [0]: https://www.tampermonkey.net/ https://www.tampermonkey.net/ [1]: https://gist.github.com/stephengodderidge/df3b33b92bb3eeb2f36fd69a6e721448 https://gist.github.com/stephengodderidge/df3b33b92bb3eeb2f3...