Social Relief - Relief from your social feed.

We all need relief from Facebook from time to time, this extension will help you avoid it for a time period you specify.

Social Relief - Relief from your social feed.

Social Relief is a Chrome extension that provides relief from Facebook by adding a button to your browser, allowing you to specify the duration of your break. It redirects you to a more pleasant place whenever you try to visit Facebook. Created for personal use, it has proven effective in keeping users away from Facebook. Easily toggle the extension on and off with a single click.
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Extension stats

By: NYCodeCo
Users: 9
-3
Rating: 5.00
(3)
Version: 1.0.5 (Last updated: 2016-11-30)
Creation date: 2016-11-30
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • webRequest
  • webRequestBlocking
  • storage
  • tabs
  • notifications
  • https://www.facebook.com/*
  • https://m.facebook.com/*
Size: 1.20M

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Extension summary

Facebook is incredibly good at pulling you in and distracting you. Social Relief adds a button to your browser that's out of the way and won't interfere when you aren't using it. Click the button and choose how long you want relief from Facebook: 1 day, 1 week or 1 month.

Once you have it set Social Relief will catch you when you try to visit Facebook and take you to someplace more pleasant.

I made Social Relief for myself, and have found it's incredibly effective at keeping me away from Facebook.

Social Relief won't get in your way if you absolutely need to go to Facebook. Just click the Social Relief button and turn it off in 1 click.

Acknowledgements:

Large owl icon designed by mcarranza - https://thenounproject.com/carranzamaria/ Small owl icon designed by Julien Meysmans - https://thenounproject.com/M_Julz/

User reviews

Just what I needed at a time like now!
by Allison Berels, 2016-11-13
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Social Relief - Relief from your social feed. requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Social Relief - Relief from your social feed. has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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