Preferer

Name: Preferer
Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Author: DistractionRemover

By: DistractionRemover

Block reddit pages unless coming from a search engine, to avoid wasting time.

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Features & Capabilities

This addon SILENTLY blocks all requests that are not coming from another website (i.e. a search engine), to discourage clicking through on reddit. Loading messages is not blocked, to avoid users disabling the addon when they have the urge to check them.

This makes endlessly scrolling on reddit impossible, while still allowing the site to be used when finding it in the results of search engines, where the chances are higher you were searching for important info, as opposed to mindlessly scrolling.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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DistractionRemover

Daily users:

Rating:

3.50

(2)

Version:

2.0.3 Last updated: 2022-06-16

Version code:

5419159

Creation date:

2020-01-20

Risk:

Permissions:

webRequest
webRequestBlocking
*://*.reddit.com/*

Size:

10.26KB

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-11

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# 135,684 ▼ 6,729

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Developed by:

DistractionRemover

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/preferer/

Website:

https://github.com/DistractionRemover/Preferer/

User Reviews

Best extension ever! Exactly what I was looking for!

by Vu*****, 2022-06-16

The extension claims to only block Reddit, but it also blocks the following sites: tweakers.net tweakers.nl hckrnews.com ycombinator.com imgur.com xkcd.com youtube.com smbc-comics.com oglaf.com There is no way to change this without editing the source. There is also no indication that this extension broke these sites - they just show a blank screen when you try to use them. Seem to work OK apart from that, but you need to be able and willing to edit the source code manually.

by ci*****, 2022-01-29

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Is Preferer Safe?

Risk impact

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Preferer requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Request access to the following domains: reddit.com
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Risk likelihood

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Preferer has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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