Saner Social Media (SSM)

Tired of social media draining your time and energy? Saner Social Media helps you regain control by blocking distracting feeds while keeping essential features accessible. Whether for work or personal use, this extension boosts productivity and focus by replacing distractions with uplifting quotes.

Supported sites

Site	Blocked distractions
YouTube	Home feed, /watch sidebar recommendations, /watch comments, shorts
YouTube Mobile	Home feed, /watch recommendations below video, shorts
X	Home feed, sidebar trends, sidebar follow suggestions
Instagram	Home feed, explore feed, reels feed
Facebook	Home feed
TikTok	Home feed, video comments
Pinterest	Home feed, related pins
LinkedIn	Home feed, sidebar feed
Twitch	Home feed
Reddit	Home feed, subreddit feeds
GitHub	Home feed
Hacker News	Home feed, /newest feed, /front feed

Other features

• Temporarily unblock sites for a set amount of time
• Shows over 1600 different inspiring and uplifting quotes
• It works with dark modes

Installation

Option 1 – Install from Chrome Web Store (recommended)

Option 2 – Install from GitHub release:

• Navigate to releases
• Download extension.zip of your preferred release
• Open chrome://extensions/ in Chrome and drag the downloaded extension.zip into the page

Development

• Clone this repo
• Install dependencies with pnpm install
• Start dev watchers with pnpm dev
• Open chrome://extensions/ in Chrome
  • Enable Developer mode
  • Click Load unpacked and select the dist directory

Note: HMR for the options page is not possible yet.

Acknowledgements

Special thanks goes to @jordwest for creating News Feed Eradicator which obviously was a big inspiration for me. I created this extension to add support for more social media sites.

Inspirational quotes provided by dwyl/quotes.