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Regular site blockers didn’t help.\n\nI 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.\n\nSo 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.\n\nExtension link - https:\u002F\u002Fchromewebs",{"problem":48,"audience":9,"pricing":9,"motivation":54,"time_to_build":9,"stack":58,"openness":59,"stage":60,"team_size":61},{"value":49,"source":50,"evidence":51},"Social media use is hard to stop; regular site blockers did not help the maker.","maker",[52],{"id":53},"post",{"value":55,"source":50,"evidence":56},"Maker kept wasting time on social media despite promising to stay focused.",[57],{"id":53},[],"open_source","launched","unknown",{"praise":63,"objections":84,"requests":111,"questions":130,"alternatives":142},[64],{"value":65,"source":66,"evidence":67},"Funny and clever idea","commenter",[68,72,76,80],{"id":69,"by":70,"text":71},"44376814","CoastalCoder","You should run with this idea! Now make a \"Dungeon Crawler Carl\" -branded one that requires a webcam, bare feet, and nail polish!",{"id":73,"by":74,"text":75},"44377417","titusblair","LOl hilarious!",{"id":77,"by":78,"text":79},"44378194","akoboldfrying","That volume bar could be labeled \"Humiliation:\"",{"id":81,"by":82,"text":83},"44385807","Tech_005","Great work",[85,104],{"value":86,"source":66,"evidence":87},"Making users call themselves a loser could harm mental health",[88,92,96,100],{"id":89,"by":90,"text":91},"44378766","deadbabe","It should be “I’m addicted” instead of “I’m a loser”. Forcing someone to call themselves a loser over and over eventually weighs heavy on the soul, how would you feel if a user…",{"id":93,"by":94,"text":95},"44380516","basisword","This is hilarious. I can already imagine the real outcome though: I repeat \"I'm a loser\" 20-30 times a day, internalise it, and destroy my mental health even further :)",{"id":97,"by":98,"text":99},"44377648","wordpad","So you think screaming 'im a loser' 10 times an hour is going to be good for mental health?",{"id":101,"by":102,"text":103},"44376847","GavCo","This is cute, but in all seriousness it would be much more effective to shout \"I'm a winner\" Research: - https:\u002F\u002Fpmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Farticles\u002FPMC3354773\u002F – Low self-esteem +…",{"value":105,"source":66,"evidence":106},"Speech recognition may send audio to Google servers",[107],{"id":108,"by":109,"text":110},"44376882","netsharc","The relevant code: https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002FPankajtanwarbanna\u002Fscream-to-unlock\u002Fblob\u002Fmain\u002Fcontent.js#L731 Are you sure Chrome doesn't talk to Google's server to convert the speech to…",[112,119],{"value":113,"source":66,"evidence":114},"Support for Firefox",[115],{"id":116,"by":117,"text":118},"44385142","spajus","That's brilliant! Please make a Firefox extension too!",{"value":120,"source":66,"evidence":121},"Customizable unlock phrase",[122,126],{"id":123,"by":124,"text":125},"44377853","coip","Could customize the user call out Maybe something like “I know this is the opposite of socializing but I want to give in the the mindless algorithmic manipulation for a little…",{"id":127,"by":128,"text":129},"44377662","escapecharacter","For a subset of the population, this will have an inverse incentive. 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