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Currently I'm mostly trying to avoid overstimulation from infinite content feeds. Have been using an extension called socialfocus to remove some addictive hook
by cleanboy 1y ago
Currently I'm mostly trying to avoid overstimulation from infinite content feeds.
Have been using an extension called socialfocus to remove some addictive hooks from social media sites (e.g. removed reels, Reddit subreddit feeds, YouTube explore page and thumbnails). It's been really effective because it doesn't feel like a "block", but rather just a way to make the sites a little less sticky. Even something as small as removing posts and comment counts on HN has made a difference because I need to consider each post on its merits instead of using engagement levels as an indicator for what is worth reading.
Another thing I'm experimenting with right now is blocking scroll. I've generated a small tampermonkey script that prevents scroll and instead adds buttons to scroll up/down the page. I'm hoping that introducing some friction here removes some addictive aspects of content consumption (mostly rapid scrolling to the next interesting piece of content).