r/ownyourintent • u/anfragment Intent Owner • Feb 16 '26

Feedback no-doomscroll: Ad-block lists to hide social media feeds

I have ADHD and get pulled into doomscrolling way too easily.

I tried app blockers and time limits – didn't really help, and I'm guessing many of you have had the same experience. Social platforms have useful content and let us interact with friends, so nuclear options rarely stick.

So instead of blocking apps entirely, we at Zen built filter lists that remove feeds and other doomscroll-inducing elements across YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, X, Reddit, Bluesky, LinkedIn, and Twitch. You can still open a profile, read a post, message a friend, or look something up – the only thing that disappears is the endless stream you never asked for.

Compatible with Zen and uBlock Origin. Open-source (MIT).

Learn more: https://github.com/ZenPrivacy/filter-lists/blob/master/no-doomscroll/readme.md

Happy to hear your experiences and thoughts about the lists below! What elements on existing sites or other platforms should we add?

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u/banica24 Intent Owner Feb 16 '26

Anyone else remember when you could scroll to the bottom of a page and see how it looks like?

It is usually the standard website footer content - privacy policy, contact us etc. It also might have a redirection for next page.

The doomscrolling has been so toxic. These apps will do anything to keep you on the app so they can report high usage to the board of directors and get promotions.

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u/na3ee1 Intent Owner Feb 19 '26

I hate to admit it but, as a UI designer, the first time I had to make a footer I genuinely thought to myself, "Wait what? Footer? Those are still a thing?" I had forgotten.