Need: Resilient self-control/anti-akrasia for web browsing.
Other programs I’ve tried: Stayfocusd, Forest
The problem with Stayfocusd and any website blocker is that, invariably, you have to navigate to a given tweet or youtube video or facebook profile, for legitimate reasons, and it means you have to go and deactivate the plugin. This is bad because 1. it trains you to do this action and 2. It incentivises you to avoid making deactivating the plugin too tricky.
Newsfeed Eradicator kills only the problem parts of social media apps. I can still check individual subreddits. I can still visit a Facebook page. I can still watch a YouTube video. I just don’t get served recommendations, I don’t get exposed to a scrolling feed. This has transformed how I use e.g. YouTube, where I now cultivate my library of channels I subscribe to and get new content via the subscriptions page, rather than passively browsing algorithmic recommendations.
I pair this with Leechblock NG to block websites I don’t want to visit at all. The number of options is STAGGERING compared with Stayfocusd. I can create different categories of blocker, I can program different behaviours, Time-delays instead of blocking if you want. You’re not just stuck with ‘x minutes per day’, you can have ‘x minutes per hour, replenishing every hour.’ if you want. The list goes on.
Software: Newsfeed Eradicator + Leechblock NG
Need: Resilient self-control/anti-akrasia for web browsing.
Other programs I’ve tried: Stayfocusd, Forest
The problem with Stayfocusd and any website blocker is that, invariably, you have to navigate to a given tweet or youtube video or facebook profile, for legitimate reasons, and it means you have to go and deactivate the plugin. This is bad because 1. it trains you to do this action and 2. It incentivises you to avoid making deactivating the plugin too tricky.
Newsfeed Eradicator kills only the problem parts of social media apps. I can still check individual subreddits. I can still visit a Facebook page. I can still watch a YouTube video. I just don’t get served recommendations, I don’t get exposed to a scrolling feed. This has transformed how I use e.g. YouTube, where I now cultivate my library of channels I subscribe to and get new content via the subscriptions page, rather than passively browsing algorithmic recommendations.
I pair this with Leechblock NG to block websites I don’t want to visit at all. The number of options is STAGGERING compared with Stayfocusd. I can create different categories of blocker, I can program different behaviours, Time-delays instead of blocking if you want. You’re not just stuck with ‘x minutes per day’, you can have ‘x minutes per hour, replenishing every hour.’ if you want. The list goes on.