LinkedIn Feed Blocker
- ID
- 12580
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 09 Aug 2026, 12:49 AM
- Fetched
- 10 Aug 2026, 6:54 AM
- Provider
- Hacker News
- Category
- dev-community
- Original URL
- https://github.com/andrewpollack/linkedin-feed-blocker
- Source URL
- https://hnrss.org/best
Summary
- Score
- 2.0
- Created
- 10 Aug 2026, 6:56 AM
- Tags
- Audience
- developersvibe_coders
What happened
A minimal Chrome extension by Andrew Pollack that hides LinkedIn's main feed and blocks its infinite-scroll pagination while leaving profiles, jobs, search, and messaging intact. It uses a CSS rule targeting [data-testid="mainFeed"] and a declarativeNetRequest rule blocking the feed pager endpoint (sduiid=com.linkedin.sdui.pagers.feed.mainFeed).
Why it matters
Marginally useful as a personal productivity tool if you want to use LinkedIn for recruiting and jobs without the feed distraction; not actionable for builders unless you want to study the specific CSS selector and request-blocking technique for building similar feed-blocking extensions.
Discussion angle
A quick look at the two-part approach—CSS hiding plus declarativeNetRequest targeting a specific pager endpoint—as a lightweight pattern for building focused browser extensions that surgically disable one feature of a complex SPA.