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BETTER
FEED

A harm-reduction Chrome extension that quiets down your Instagram feed so you can scroll with intention. Less autopilot doomscroll, more regulated nervous system.

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01 — What it does

Instagram, but quieter.
3 tiny switches that tame the distraction machine.

Most of what makes Instagram hard to leave isn't the content — it's the coalition of highly optimized algorithms and sophisticated design patterns that keep you scrolling long after you meant to.

BETTERFEED turns those down. It runs in your browser, on the page, and never sees your data. You stay in control; your feed stops yelling.

/ 01

Grayscale

Removes all color from the page. Stories, posts, chrome — every pixel. Color is the cheapest dopamine on the internet; this takes it off the menu.

/ 02

Blur media

Photos & videos render blurred until you click to reveal one, post by post. A tiny pause between you and the next image — usually enough to decide you didn't need it.

/ 03

No autoplay

Videos sit still until you press play. No motion in your peripheral vision, no Reels-shaped wormhole opening up while you were trying to check one message.

02 — Before / after

A typical post, with and without the lens on.

Without BETTERFEED
username · 5d
Berlin
Liked by friend_204 and 552 others
username 🖤... more
With BETTERFEED
username · 5d
Berlin
Tap to reveal
Liked by friend_204 and 552 others
username 🖤... more
03 — The details

Small print, in plain language.

Where it runs
Locally, in your browser, only on instagram.com. Nothing is sent to a server. There is no server.
What it collects
Nothing. No accounts, no analytics, no tracking. Your toggle preferences live in chrome.storage.local and never leave the device. Read the privacy policy →
Permissions
Just the ability to inject CSS & a small script on instagram.com. That's it. No host permissions for any other site.
Open source
The whole extension is a few hundred lines of CSS and JS. You can read it, audit it, or fork it. The repo →
Cost
Free. Always. This isn't a startup — it's a small tool I wished existed.
/ Ready to turn it down

Install BETTERFEED and give your feed a softer edge.

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/ betterfeed believes

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