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Re:Show HN: uBlock filter list to blur all Instagram Reels by shraiwi on Monday March 02, 2026 @03:42PM (#47223752)
The screenshot was to demonstrate what blocked posts look like. I scrolled past the posts of my friends since I didn't want to dox them, but organic posts do show up near the top of my feed.

The goal isn't to scroll through nothing, but rather have a clean feed that shows me just my friends and nothing else.

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Re:Show HN: uBlock filter list to blur all Instagram Reels by SirMaster on Monday March 02, 2026 @04:18PM (#47224198)
So why blur and not just hide?
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Re:Show HN: uBlock filter list to blur all Instagram Reels by yard2010 on Monday March 02, 2026 @04:24PM (#47224310)
It says in the post OP didn't want to fix the layout (and it is implied that empty space is less friendly than blurred content)
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Re:Show HN: uBlock filter list to blur all Instagram Reels by diath on Monday March 02, 2026 @06:15PM (#47225646)
When you press "For you" at the top in the Instagram app (or the logo if it doesn't fully load), you can switch to "Following" and it will show you posts from only your friends from the past 30 days, and if you're using Instagram in the browser, you can bookmark https://www.instagram.com/?variant=following if you want it to be the default page you go to.
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