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Show HN: uBlock filter list to blur all Instagram Reels

83 points by shraiwi

by hmokiguess

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I don't use the app so I confess I'm a little confused, I saw your screenshot and it seems like the end result is just scrolling through nothing. Why would you want that? Isn't it better to just not open it altogether? Like, block the entire thing? Why scroll through a bunch of blur

by varenc

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From the gist:
> I'm trying to make Instagram be what my parents said Facebook was
This sure makes me feel old. It's a great goal though. I miss the golden era of Facebook when it was really just friend content.

by kelnos

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> I'm trying to make Instagram be what my parents said Facebook was.
Hell, you're trying to make Instagram be what Instagram used to be. Back in the early (pre-Meta) days, it was just a reverse-chronological feed of the posts from people you followed.
A decent part of why I bailed on Instagram back in 2019 or so was because it had stopped being this for a while (posts reordered, some not even shown, so many ads).

by gutafoki

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I think this is already possible. You can snooze suggestions and then if you scroll to the top of Instagram, you can select "Following" instead of "For you". Maybe this is not possible in browsers though, I've only ever done this on my phone.

by kgwxd

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by apples_oranges

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by maurelius2

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> I'm trying to make Instagram be what my parents said Facebook was. Christ, I'm old.

by deafpolygon

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by steadeepanda

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