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LinkedIn Feed Blocker

Source: github.com
179 points by andrewpollack 16 days ago on hackernews | 108 comments

A minimal Chrome extension that disables LinkedIn's home feed while keeping the rest of LinkedIn usable.

What it does

  • Hides the entire main feed on /feed
  • Blocks infinite-scroll feed pagination
  • Leaves profiles, jobs, search, messaging, notifications, and other LinkedIn features alone

Why?

I like LinkedIn for finding jobs and chatting with recruiters. I do not like being greeted by the wild-west social feed.

After having "experienced" the Before image below, I decided to do something about it. Hence, this extension.

Before / After

Before After
Before: LinkedIn home page showing the full social feed, including a large post about a recruiter that 'came' on someone's profile. Yes, as-in _that_ 'came'. After: LinkedIn home page with no posting feed.

Install

  1. Download or clone this repository somewhere permanent on your computer.

  2. Open Chrome and go to:

  3. Enable Developer mode in the top-right corner.

  4. Click Load unpacked.

  5. Select the linkedin-feed-blocker directory.

  6. Reload LinkedIn.

The extension will remain enabled unless you disable or remove it from chrome://extensions.

Developer Notes

Updating

After changing manifest.json, rules.json, or feed.css:

  1. Open chrome://extensions
  2. Find LinkedIn Feed Blocker
  3. Click Reload
  4. Reload LinkedIn

How it works

feed.css

Hides LinkedIn's main feed, including the post composer:

[data-testid="mainFeed"] {
  display: none !important;
}

rules.json

Blocks requests for additional main-feed posts by targeting:

sduiid=com.linkedin.sdui.pagers.feed.mainFeed

The rule intentionally targets LinkedIn's mainFeed pager instead of the generic pagination endpoint, which could interfere with other parts of LinkedIn.