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Launch HN: Motion (YC W20) – defense against online distractions and addictions

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Re: Launch HN: Motion (YC W20) – defense against online distractions and addictions

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Post by sub7 »

BaitBlock wrote: post #103
sub7 wrote: post #42

I would just get annoyed with the prompts and uninstall. This approach doesn't, hasn't and won't work. What will work is unfortunately a little more complex to build i.e. you need to change functionality on these sites forcibly e.g. disable autoplay on YT automatically, fetch and create a newsfeed on FB to replace the shit stock one etc etc. You would then need to keep up with these assholes trying to block your exte…

You should take a look at Baitblock ( https://baitblock.app ). We're working on something called the "Intelligent Blocker" (not yet in production, almost complete) that understands how you get to distractions in the first place. Then it removes the distracting types of comments, posts, search results, recommendations, links etc from the internet while you're working on studying. Its kind of complex but works perfectl…

Looks great. I'm on Firefox so will wait for a version there.

Re: Launch HN: Motion (YC W20) – defense against online distractions and addictions

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ignoramous wrote: post #23

This is great stuff, Harry. Congratulations on the launch. Since you're asking for it, a request that I have is if there was a mobile-OS wide implementation of it, that'd be great. I've tried launchers like https://getsiempo.com (defunct?) and https://lessphone.app but walked away unimpressed due to a variety of reasons: The main one being having to change habits to adopt to the new UX, whilst solutions like blloc [0…

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Re: Launch HN: Motion (YC W20) – defense against online distractions and addictions

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Post by namelessone »

pingec wrote: post #110

I just tried it. Unfortunately it does not seem to work with my use case where I use youtube to play music in a background tab while working on other things. I want it to block me from actively watching videos but playback in the background is fine in my case.

Check out Leechblock delaying page feature. There is a checkbox for "Count time spent on these sites only when browser tab is active"

Re: Launch HN: Motion (YC W20) – defense against online distractions and addictions

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Post by fyhn »

I tried this out now, and it seems really useful, both at work and outside work.

Feature request: There are some sites I consider as generally unwanted distractions always, and some that I consider as unwanted distractions only when I'm at work. How about differentiating between work/home modes, or allowing for profiles, or something similar?

Re: Launch HN: Motion (YC W20) – defense against online distractions and addictions

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Post by qiyuxuan96 »

fyhn wrote: post #116

I tried this out now, and it seems really useful, both at work and outside work. Feature request: There are some sites I consider as generally unwanted distractions always, and some that I consider as unwanted distractions only when I'm at work. How about differentiating between work/home modes, or allowing for profiles, or something similar?

Thank you!

That sounds very valid - when we built this, we had the working mentality, but unwanted distraction when relaxing would definitely be useful for ourselves.

Re: Launch HN: Motion (YC W20) – defense against online distractions and addictions

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Post by qiyuxuan96 »

namelessone wrote: post #115
pingec wrote: post #110

I just tried it. Unfortunately it does not seem to work with my use case where I use youtube to play music in a background tab while working on other things. I want it to block me from actively watching videos but playback in the background is fine in my case.

Check out Leechblock delaying page feature. There is a checkbox for "Count time spent on these sites only when browser tab is active"

Thanks for recommending that. We actually do one better - we not only count time when browser tab is active, but also stop counting time when we don't detect activity or video playing for longer than 5 minutes :)

Re: Launch HN: Motion (YC W20) – defense against online distractions and addictions

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Post by qiyuxuan96 »

pingec wrote: post #110

I just tried it. Unfortunately it does not seem to work with my use case where I use youtube to play music in a background tab while working on other things. I want it to block me from actively watching videos but playback in the background is fine in my case.

Thanks for the suggestion. I see, that's very valid. I've added it to our todo list - don't block if it's not the active tab.
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