Mindback: Remove Addictive Features from Social Websites
Mindback is a Chrome add-on developed by christianvuerings that aims to remove addictive features from popular social websites such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Youtube. With a focus on content, Mindback allows users to regain control of their online experience by eliminating distracting elements and creating a more mindful browsing environment.
One of the standout features of Mindback is its high configurability. Users have the ability to customize their browsing experience by selecting which addictive features they want to hide on each social website. This allows for a personalized approach in removing the elements that are most distracting and time-consuming.
When it comes to Facebook, Mindback offers options to hide the notification count, title notification count, reaction counts, group conversations, and reels and short videos. For Instagram, users can hide shorts, suggestions for you, view and like counts, and view all comments. On Twitter, features like followers/following counts, timeline counts, favicon badge, notification badge, notification title count, home badge, what's happening section, relevant people section, relevant sign up section, relevant who to follow section, topics to follow section, see more tweets modal, see what's happening modal, cookie bar, and promoted tweets can all be hidden. Lastly, on Youtube, Mindback allows users to hide the home feed, shorts tab, video sidebar, video comments, video like count, "new" subscription badge, autoplay, and video end screen feed.
Mindback is a promising tool for those who want to be more intentional with their online activities. With its upcoming support for Pinterest, it has the potential to become an essential add-on for users looking to minimize distractions and focus on what truly matters.
