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Re: Show HN: I built an app to block Shorts and Reels

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Post by Imustaskforhelp »

iLoveOncall wrote: post #234
habosa wrote: post #206

So I only use Instagram for the DMs with friends. I don’t follow anyone at all, so my feed should be empty. For years it was. Then at some point Instagram decided I must not know what I want, they should show me recommended posts from random accounts. There’s a setting to turn this off … but instead of being a normal toggle I can only “snooze” the posts for 30 days. 30 days of peace and then the spam comes back. No m…

While I do get the frustration, you cannot really complain if you don't use Instagram for its main feature... You can use an application like Franz or Beeper to have ONLY the chats and nothing else.

Can vouch for beeper. My mind was blown when it JUST WORKED. I use beeper to chat with my friends on insta and its definitely a really good method to communicate with the insta friends instead of using the app. Though when they send reel I can't really see it natively and it opens web browser but that's what I want and I don't watch the reels the guys send anyway.

Re: Show HN: I built an app to block Shorts and Reels

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Post by petesergeant »

If you use uBlock, adding this for LinkedIn can be great:

www.linkedin.com##main[aria-label="Main Feed"] .scaffold-finite-scroll__content

Removes all content, while still allowing you to post content (write-only media, innit?), and send and get messages etc.

Re: Show HN: I built an app to block Shorts and Reels

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Post by Digit-Al »

thinkling wrote: post #65

Instagram tip: if you click the wordlogo “Instagram” at the top (in the mobile app), you can select “Following” and get a feed of only posts from accounts you follow, with no suggested posts and no reels. I end up going through that feed in a few minutes and it insulates me from the endless scrolling.

Facebook mobile tip: if you click on the burger menu and select "Feeds" you will be taken to a page with a list of different feeds at the top. If you then select the "Friends" tab you will see only posts from your friends. Doesn't get rid of ads, unfortunately, but it does get rid of all the crap from recommended pages, etc...

Re: Show HN: I built an app to block Shorts and Reels

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Post by squigz »

Atlas667 wrote: post #129
hombre_fatal wrote: post #114

This kind of control is what we miss out on when we leave web apps for native apps. Ideally this would just be a simple browser plugin. But the app requires major accessibility permissions so that it can access the API it needs to see into the Android apps, something that doesn't even exist on iOS. Just to do what should amount things like deleting a ".reels" component. That said, props to OP for figuring out how to…

I've tried adding rules to ublock origin but sites like youtube and many others now have "component obfuscation". Meaning there is no unique ID on their components/elements and it makes it much harder to target. And some element titles/names are even on a different component than the content, which is even harder still. So it says "reels" on one component and the actual reels are on another. Blocking now has to be a…

What are you not able to block on YouTube? I've had all ads, shorts, those games, etc blocked successfully for years.

Re: Show HN: I built an app to block Shorts and Reels

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Post by sneak »

Imustaskforhelp wrote: post #240
charlie-83 wrote: post #235

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sometimes you have to choose between not talking to someone and talking to them on such a platform. For friends, sure, just says that you want to switch to something e2e. But for people you don't really know that well it's kind of unreasonable to expect them to switch for you. LinkedIn is a good example, I don't like using the platform but I also have no interest in adding loads of random old colleages I might talk t…

That is so real man. I was a massive push in pushing everyone to use signal but I could only convince 2-3 of my friends and literally now there is only 1 single friend of mine who is on signal.. Whereas on insta dm, literally all of my friends are there, mostly 24x7 active. I just used bleeper to sometimes interact with them. I think it made my mental health definitely more saner/net gain I care about my privacy enou…

If your friends can’t install a free app and type in their phone number and an auth code (literally takes 30 seconds) to talk to you privately, they aren’t your friends.

(I have no other messengers and have recruited about a hundred people to use Signal, including much of the Vegas cash game poker scene.)

Quality over quantity is important always, but is of utmost importance when it comes to personal associations.

Delete your Meta accounts, find out who your real friends are.

Re: Show HN: I built an app to block Shorts and Reels

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Post by [deleted] »

sneak wrote: post #248
Imustaskforhelp wrote: post #240

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That is so real man. I was a massive push in pushing everyone to use signal but I could only convince 2-3 of my friends and literally now there is only 1 single friend of mine who is on signal.. Whereas on insta dm, literally all of my friends are there, mostly 24x7 active. I just used bleeper to sometimes interact with them. I think it made my mental health definitely more saner/net gain I care about my privacy enou…

If your friends can’t install a free app and type in their phone number and an auth code (literally takes 30 seconds) to talk to you privately, they aren’t your friends. (I have no other messengers and have recruited about a hundred people to use Signal, including much of the Vegas cash game poker scene.) Quality over quantity is important always, but is of utmost importance when it comes to personal associations. De…

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Re: Show HN: I built an app to block Shorts and Reels

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Post by walthamstow »

sneak wrote: post #248
Imustaskforhelp wrote: post #240

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That is so real man. I was a massive push in pushing everyone to use signal but I could only convince 2-3 of my friends and literally now there is only 1 single friend of mine who is on signal.. Whereas on insta dm, literally all of my friends are there, mostly 24x7 active. I just used bleeper to sometimes interact with them. I think it made my mental health definitely more saner/net gain I care about my privacy enou…

If your friends can’t install a free app and type in their phone number and an auth code (literally takes 30 seconds) to talk to you privately, they aren’t your friends. (I have no other messengers and have recruited about a hundred people to use Signal, including much of the Vegas cash game poker scene.) Quality over quantity is important always, but is of utmost importance when it comes to personal associations. De…

This is a bizarre position that seems to be advocating for family and friend estrangement based on which chat app they use.
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