Friction for Facebook

Makes Facebook less addictive Friction makes Facebook less addictive by: 1) Dimming alert badges to a calm grey 2) Makes the notification box more boring 3) Auto-hides the newsfeed and adds a delay to loading it

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What is Friction for Facebook?

Friction for Facebook is a Firefox add-on by Firefox user 14203090. This add-on has 19 daily active users and a good user rating of 4.33. The latest version, 0.1.0, was updated 5 years ago.

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By: Firefox user 14203090

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Users: 19

Rating: 4.33 (6)

Version: 0.1.0 (Last updated: 2018-08-05)

Creation date: 2018-08-05

Weekly download count: NaN

Firefox on Android: Yes

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

• http://www.facebook.com/*
• https://www.facebook.com/*
• http://web.facebook.com/*
• https://web.facebook.com/*

Size: 16.61K

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Other platforms

Not available on Chrome

Not available on Edge

ChromeStats Rank

# 17663 ▼ 26

Other rankings

#21 in procrastine keyword

#66 in facebook keyword ▼ 1

#113 in notebook keyword ▲ 1

#163 in badge keyword ▼ 1

#235 in function keyword

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Summary

Makes Facebook less addictive
Friction makes Facebook less addictive by:

1) Dimming alert badges to a calm grey
2) Makes the notification box more boring
3) Auto-hides the newsfeed and adds a delay to loading it

The problem with other productivity apps like StayFocused and News Feed Eradicator is that they don't tackle the main root of why people end up procrastinating on sites: they are deliberately designed to be highly addictive.

Friction for Facebook tries to undo the work of addiction engineers not by forcing you to go cold-turkey, but by adding friction to bad habits and making stimuli less alarming.

User reviews

This is great! Hope you'll make an update for the new version of FB!

by Gnux, 2020-09-07

Hiding and delaying the feed gives me an invaluable benefit. I just close the tab if I don't get instant gratification.

by Firefox user 14234915, 2020-04-14

by Archangel Metatron, 2020-03-01

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Risk impact

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Risk likelihood

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