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238 points madinmo | 1 comments | | HN request time: 0.204s | source

Hi all,

I kept wasting time on social media, even though I’d promised myself I’d stay focused. Regular site blockers didn’t help.

I needed something that felt annoying enough to break the habit. That’s how the idea came up: make the blocker ask me to say something embarrassing out loud before it lets me back in. If I actually have to yell “I’m a loser” into my mic. Even better - the louder I screamed, the more time I’d get.

So I put together Scream to Unlock. It’s silly, but so far it’s done its job. My social feeds stay locked unless I really want them.

Extension link - https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/scream-to-unlock-ye...

Its open source and transparent - https://github.com/Pankajtanwarbanna/scream-to-unlock. No data collection or tracking, Audio processing happens locally in your browser. No recordings saved or transmitted.

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wordpad ◴[] No.44377648[source]
So you think screaming 'im a loser' 10 times an hour is going to be good for mental health?
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1. serial_dev ◴[] No.44377740[source]
You could also just stop visiting those sites that you previously decided were bad for you... Then you don't need to scream "I'm a loser".