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237 points madinmo | 1 comments | | HN request time: 0.228s | 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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snickerdoodle12 ◴[] No.44376893[source]
Can't you just uninstall the extension?
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yellow_lead ◴[] No.44377081[source]
In order to uninstall it, you must scream "I'm a huge loser." (Just kidding)
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1. throwawayq3423 ◴[] No.44378797[source]
You have to sit through a 10 hour YouTube video of Beck's Loser.