Crackbook Revival

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What is Crackbook Revival?

Crackbook Revival is a Chrome extension that works by discouraging the use of websites that often lead to procrastination, such as Facebook or Reddit. It introduces a delay each time a blacklisted website is accessed which increases on every hit. This approach of delaying instead of outright blocking is designed to be more effective in handling distraction problems. The Revival version offers several improvements such as a non-working data usage reporter removal, the addition of a blurred overlay, fixes in the history graph and options interface and more.

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By: ishmaeel

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Users: 1,000+

Rating: 4.35 (26)

Version: 1.5.1 (Last updated: 2020-03-23)

Creation date: 2020-03-23

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

history
notifications
tabs
*://*/*

Size: 193.54K

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 23488 ▼ 59

Other rankings

#12032 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 55

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Summary

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Crackbook Revival is an open source fork/modification of the original Crackbook extension by Gintautas Miliauskas (chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/crackbook/nbgjmohekjolcgemlolblankocjlgalf)

This is a Chrome extension for discouraging use of attention-sucking websites such as Facebook or Reddit. The idea behind Crackbook is that delaying access to the website is more effective than straight blocking because you are less likely to just disable the block after a while.

The extension will delay every hit to blacklisted site. The delay is just a few seconds initially, but it increases slightly on every hit.

Revival Changes:

Removed attempted reporting of anonymous usage data (which wasn't working anyway due to original site being offline).
Delay timer resets on specified intervals (which was already in the original repository but was not published on the store).
Hide scrollbars until the content is revealed.
Some fixes for the history graph.

User reviews

User reviews summary

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Pros

Helpful for reducing procrastination
Works well with other productivity tools
More effective than only blocking a site
Allows user to gradually reduce time spent on distracting sites
Does not require specific session start

Cons

Does not fully work (can only block junk sites for 10 seconds)
Settings reset at each startup
Lack of varying degrees of blocking sites
No incognito mode support
Cannot 'lock' settings to prevent removing sites from blocking list

Most mentioned

Block junk sites
Settings resetting issue
Useful for productivity
Works in conjunction with other tools
Lack of support for varying degrees of website blocking

Recent reviews

It used to be good. When i downloaded it last year, it could block the junk sites for more than 60 seconds. But as of now it isn't working. It's just working to block the browser for 10 seconds. Please help with this issue

San 123, 2023-10-08

just helps you if you procrastinate

Ca no, 2021-04-30

It really works! I use it with "MAD - Mindful Anti Distraction" addon- they work hand in hand. When you get passed one barrier, there is another!

Gusts Mūrnieks, 2021-04-05

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Safety

Risk impact

Crackbook Revival is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Crackbook Revival if you trust the publisher.