# Friction for Facebook

> Makes Facebook less addictive Friction makes Facebook less addictive by: 1) Dimming alert badges to a calm grey 2) Makes the notification box more boring 3) Auto-hides the newsfeed and adds a delay to loading it

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/friction-for-facebook](https://chrome-stats.com/d/friction-for-facebook)

## Overview

- **ID:** `friction-for-facebook`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Firefox user 14203090
- **Category:** appearance,social-communication,other
- **Daily users:** 18
- **Rating:** 4.33 / 5 (6 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.1.1resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-26
- **First published:** 2018-08-05
- **Size:** 19 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/friction-for-facebook/)

## Description

Friction for Facebook is a Firefox add-on that makes Facebook less addictive by dimming alert badges, making the notification box more boring, and auto-hiding the newsfeed. It adds friction to bad habits and makes stimuli less alarming.

## Rankings

- #25,411 — Overall
- #41 — procrastine
- #67 — facebook
- #119 — alarm
- #211 — badge

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `http://www.facebook.com/*`
- `https://www.facebook.com/*`
- `http://web.facebook.com/*`
- `https://web.facebook.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `*.facebook.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: facebook.com
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/friction-for-facebook)