Notes

On reclaiming your feed.

Practical guides for cutting low-signal content out of Reddit, YouTube, X, and LinkedIn — plus some notes on how PureFeed works under the hood.

How to block political posts on Reddit (without leaving your favourite subreddits)

Subreddit-level bans, keyword filters, and AI-powered category hiding — what actually works on the new Reddit redesign in 2026.

Stop YouTube clickbait recommendations (without killing your subscriptions)

Why "Not Interested" barely moves the needle, what the YouTube algorithm actually responds to, and three durable fixes that work in 2026.

Hide rage-bait on X without leaving X

Native filters, list discipline, and AI-powered sensationalism scoring — a 2026 guide to taming the For You tab without deleting your account.

NSFW blocking in the browser, not at the router

DNS filters, router-level blockers, and content classifiers compared — how to actually keep adult and shock content out of your feeds in 2026.

Build a low-distraction internet without quitting it

A practical 2026 stack for cutting noise without going off-grid — feed filters, browser hygiene, default re-wiring, and what not to bother with.

The doomscroll tax — how much time you're actually losing

An honest accounting of where 90 minutes a day on social feeds goes, why "just 5 minutes" turns into 50, and what the maths looks like when you add a filter.

Why YouTube's "Not Interested" doesn't work (and what does)

The button feels like it should fix your recommendations. The algorithm's incentives say otherwise. A 2026 explanation of what the signal actually does and three things that move the needle instead.

Privacy on a feed filter — what we send, what we don't

What a feed-filter extension actually sends to its backend, what it never sends, and how to evaluate any extension's privacy posture in under five minutes.