[CarlJW]

Great! The more solutions to filter unwanted content on the internet the better.

Sometimes we find ourselves stuck having to use a particular platform because that's where the group chat is.

I've had great success with Firefox and the Social Focus extension. Works on a number of different sites including YouTube, Reddit and Instagram.

https://socialfocus.app/

[hsuduebc2]

I would love have something like this on a phone but only solution which I thought of other than stop using the app is decompile whole app, remove the reels and recompile it again which is not very viable solution.

[throawayonthe]

not that i love this solution but that's exactly what the revanecd project does

here are their available patches for instagram: https://revanced.app/patches?pkg=com.instagram.android

[hsuduebc2]

Thanks! Will try.

[solstice]

Whoa thank you!

[CarlJW]

This works on Firefox Mobile. I use it on Android and my Desktop without any issue.

I'll add also, for the odd thing that this doesn't filter, then I use uBlock Origin to filter that particular element.

[TheCapeGreek]

I use ScreenZen for mobile - it can block specifically short form content so you can stick to the actual social parts.

[CarlJW]

I use timelimit.io for managing screen time. Nice granular controls and schedule based rules.

I apply the 80/20 rule. 8 minutes allowed, followed by 2 minutes blocked. Then at night I reverse it. 2 minutes allowed, 8 minutes blocked. Just enough time to make one search query and then get off my phone. Or if I do get trapped by something, it's only for a short time.

https://timelimit.io/en/

[TheCapeGreek]

Haven't checked on it since about mid last year but Facebook settings didn't work with it for me.

LinkedIn has also been especially hard to find a good blocker for to remove the sponsored/suggested posts from the timeline (it's just full of garbage engagement bait hot takes).

I just vibecoded a tampermonkey script to block scrolling on Instagram and also block reels. I also had it redirect from the `/reels/` URL to `/reel` which is just the single video view (for when friends link me memes), but it seems they removed that.

[CarlJW]

IGPlus worked much better for me on Instagram. https://weblxapplications.com/en/products/igplus

For facebook I love Facebook Purity. Only problem is it's desktop only. https://www.fbpurity.com/

Edit, some things I've been able to us ublock origin for. Like facebook reels. Not 100% clean but enough to stop them from working (no video, just still thumbnail when you open them). In some ways that provides some reinforcement learning to the brain.

[Natfan]

if you're just using meta platforms for the chat functionality, may i recommend beeper.com?