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title: Anti-Influence Suit — Armor for the Feed
published: true
tags: attention, productivity, psychology, social
canonical_url: https://vibeaxis.com/the-anti-influence-suit-browse-without-being-modeled/
The feed isn’t content. It’s a centrifuge for your mood.
The Anti-Influence Suit is a 30-second protocol you run once a week. It’s not a “digital detox.” It’s plumbing.
0) Baseline (1 minute)
Take a screenshot of your home feeds (YouTube, TikTok/IG, X/Threads). Label it with today’s date. If your pulse jumps, good—you’ve found the leak.
1) Kill the bait (90 seconds)
- Mute words you compulsively click (celebrity names, outrage bait, your ex’s new hobby).
- Turn off “personalized” notifications. Keep only DMs, calendar, payments, delivery.
- Block the puppeteers who farm you for “engagement” then sell the corpse.
Rule: if it hijacks your Sunday, it doesn’t get Monday.
2) Rewire “recommended” into “requested” (60 seconds)
- YouTube/Spotify: unsubscribe everything you don’t want weekly.
- Home feeds: Follow → Lists (X) / Favorites (IG) / Collections (Threads). Visit lists first; kill home second.
3) Friction layer (30 seconds)
- Add a 1-tap filter: “Today only,” “New uploads only,” or a saved search.
- Put your creation app on the home screen; bury the infinite feeds on page 3.
4) Weekly audit (30 seconds)
- Open last week’s screenshot. Is today noisier? If yes, you got re-trained. Re-fit the suit (mute more words, remove one app’s notifications entirely).
Quick checklist (paste into notes)
[ ] Weekly screenshots saved
[ ] Mute list updated (5+ words)
[ ] Notifications: DMs/calendar only
[ ] Lists/Collections used first
[ ] Re-followed 0; unfollowed 5+
[ ] One app demoted to page 3
What this fixes
- Doomscroll dopamine loops → muted triggers
- Parasocial junk → lists/favorites instead of home
- “Just one more” → friction on infinite feeds
- Decision fatigue → scheduled audit, not willpower
Canonicals / Receipts:
Full breakdown lives here → https://vibeaxis.com/anti-influence-suit/
CLI for fast links:
bash
pip install -U vax-receipts-cli
vax-receipts list
# Windows cranky? py -m vax_receipts_cli.cli list
This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Jason Bann