NoFeeds

Social media sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter are designed to funnel you to the feed, where infinite scrolling often leads to mindless browsing. Blocking these sites isn't an option, as I still need them for business use.

NoFeeds is a simple, side-loadable browser extension that redirects you away from the default feed page of social media sites to your profile, allowing you to still fully use the site while effectively disabling the feed.

Why Sideloading?

• This extension requires the highly sensitive tabs and <all_urls> permissions. Sideloading the extension eliminates risks associated with marketplace-installed extensions, such as anonymous publishers, malicious takeovers, and forced auto-updates.
• Users can customize the redirectRules object directly in the source code and reload the extension to apply the changes as needed.
• The extension is ultra-lightweight, consisting of just two files and fewer than 100 lines of code. It's transparent, easy to review, and simple to modify.

Installation Guide

Step 1: Enable Developer Mode

For Chromium Browsers:

1. Open the Extensions Management Page:
   • Chrome: Navigate to chrome://extensions.
   • Microsoft Edge: Navigate to edge://extensions.
   • Brave: Navigate to brave://extensions.
   • Opera: Navigate to opera://extensions.
2. In the top-right corner, toggle the "Developer mode" switch to enable it.

For Firefox:

1. Open the Add-ons Manager by navigating to about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox.
2. Click "Load Temporary Add-on".

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Step 2: Load the Extension

For Chromium Browsers:

1. Download or clone the repository to your local machine.
2. Locate the dist/ directory containing the extension's source code.
3. On the Extensions Management page, click "Load unpacked" (or "Load extension" in some browsers) and select the dist/ directory.

For Firefox:

1. Download or clone the repository to your local machine.
2. Locate the manifest.json file inside the dist/ directory.
3. On the Firefox Add-ons Manager page, click "Load Temporary Add-on" and select the manifest.json file.

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Adding Additional Social Media Sites

To extend the functionality of NoFeeds to redirect additional social media sites:

1. Open the extension's source code located in the dist/ directory.

2. Locate the background.js file where the list of social media sites is defined.

3. Add an entry for the new social media site with the following structure:

    const redirectRules = [
        ...
        {
            // The full feed URL
            feedUrl: "https://www.newsite.com/feed/",
            // The URL to redirect to
            profileUrl: "https://newsite.com/profile/",
        },
    ]

   • Replace www.newsite.com with the domain of the social media site.
   • For best results, ensure the profile URL is the generic profile redirect URL for the site. For example, facebook.com/me redirects to the current authenticated profile page.

4. Save your changes.

5. Reload the extension:

   For Chromium Browsers:

   • Go to chrome://extensions.
   • Click the "Reload" button for the NoFeeds extension.

   For Firefox:

   • Navigate to about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox.
   • Locate the NoFeeds extension in the list of temporary add-ons.
   • Click the "Reload" button next to the extension.

The extension will now include redirection rules for the newly added site.

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License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.