Re:Show HN: I made a Chrome extension to stop mindless browsing
by dkthehuman on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @01:32PM
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> So this is using gamification to game gamification? Interesting.
You got it!
> There are some other interesting add-ons in this area. I'm a big fan of safebook[0].
Oh, safebook does look interesting. Do you ever turn it off to look at real content or simply use it as a blocker?
> That sentence worries me. If I told you "I haven't stolen anything from your living room," you'd probably start to think what other room I'd looted.
Yeah, I want to be super clear about how I handle user data, especially since Chrome extensions can often be pretty sketchy and scary: (from my blog: https://www.notion.so/dkthehuman/Day-4-The-Danger-of-Chrome-...). I decided to be explicit about it even though there's the downside you pointed out.
So this is using gamification to game gamification? Interesting.
> immediately start scrolling through [...] Facebook
There are some other interesting add-ons in this area. I'm a big fan of safebook[0].
> - Your browsing history stays in your browser and is never transmitted.
That sentence worries me. If I told you "I haven't stolen anything from your living room," you'd probably start to think what other room I'd looted.
[0]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/safebook/