How do I stop doomscrolling?

Doomscrolling happens because feeds are engineered to keep you watching, so quitting by willpower alone rarely holds. UnAlgorithm removes the trigger: it keeps the recommendation feed out of your way on YouTube, Reddit, X and other sites, and replaces it with searches built from a goal you set. You still use the sites, they just stop steering you.

Can I use YouTube without the recommended feed?

Yes. With the UnAlgorithm extension installed, the YouTube home feed is kept out of your way and you get goal-driven searches instead, so you watch what you came for rather than what the algorithm queues up.

UnAlgorithm is a free browser extension and web app by MindsNet. You tell it what you are after, and every site you visit works toward that goal: it hides algorithmic feeds and turns your goal into the searches worth making across YouTube, Reddit, X and more.

Yes. UnAlgorithm is free to use, on Chrome, Firefox, and as a web app that works without the extension.

Intentional browsing

How to use Reddit without endless scrolling

Reddit can be unusually useful when you need firsthand experience, niche troubleshooting, or disagreement around a specific question. It becomes much less useful when the task changes from finding an answer to consuming whatever the feed places next.

Start with a question that has boundaries

Search for the exact problem, product, location, technique, or decision you are working on. Add terms such as “experience,” “comparison,” “failure,” or a relevant community name when they help surface practical discussion.

A bounded question makes relevance easier to judge. Without one, almost any interesting post can feel worth opening, which is how a short visit becomes an indefinite scroll.

Read threads as evidence, not consensus

Upvotes measure community reaction, not universal truth. Look for replies that explain context, disclose limitations, distinguish personal experience from fact, and link to primary sources when the claim requires them.

Compare multiple threads and dates. Products change, local advice varies, and confident anecdotes can still be wrong. Use Reddit to discover considerations and vocabulary, then verify high-stakes claims elsewhere.

Stop after the question is answered

Capture the useful conclusion in your own words. Save only the threads you can explain why you need. Then close the site instead of returning to the home feed for a reward after the work.

If you use UnAlgorithm, you can begin from a goal-led route and keep recommendation surfaces out of the way on supported browsing paths.

1.Search the exact question.
2.Open a small number of promising threads.
3.Extract the answer and caveats.
4.Verify important claims.
5.Leave when the decision is supported.

Start with what you came to do.

Give UnAlgorithm one goal. It turns that intent into the searches worth making while keeping feed-first detours out of the way.

Set a goal