A calmer YouTube and Reddit
The Positive Project quietly turns down politics, outrage and doom, and leaves the rest of your feed alone. You choose how much you see, and it all runs on your device.
Free. No account. Nothing to set up.
See it on a sample feed
Change the settings and the feed updates instantly. Every verdict comes from the real models, run on these sample titles.
Fine-tune each topic
Install it, then just browse
There's nothing to configure. It starts on a sensible setting and works the moment it's installed.
It reads as you scroll
Video titles, post titles and comments on YouTube and Reddit are checked as they appear, including everything infinite scroll adds.
It turns down the worst
Rage-bait, doom and the topics you chose become a small, calm note. Everything else stays exactly as it was.
You stay in charge
Every note has a Show button. “Always show” trusts a channel or subreddit, and one click pauses it all for an hour.
You decide how calm
Pick Gentle, Calm or Peaceful, or set each topic yourself. “Less” turns down only the clearest examples; “Hide” turns down everything it recognizes. You can also add your own words, like a show you haven't watched yet.
Not into news but happy to argue about politics? Turn politics back on and keep the rage-bait off. It's your mix.
Private by design
Its language models ship inside the extension and run on your device. What you browse is never sent anywhere: no servers, no account, no analytics, no tracking. Read the privacy policy.
Honest about what it does
It reads text, not pictures
It judges titles and comments, so a thumbnail or a video can still surprise you. It won't catch everything.
It sometimes gets it wrong
Now and then it turns down something harmless. One click shows it, and “Always show” keeps your favorite channels untouched.
It changes what you see
It works in English, on YouTube and Reddit. It doesn't change what those sites recommend to you, and it doesn't promise you'll feel a certain way.
Questions
Is it free?
Yes. There's no account, subscription or ads.
Which sites does it work on?
YouTube (home, search, recommendations, Shorts shelves and comments) and Reddit (feeds, comments and old Reddit). It can't see any other website.
Does it work on my phone?
On iPhone and iPad, yes, in Safari. On Android, use Firefox. The YouTube and Reddit apps can't be filtered by any extension, so use their websites.
Will it slow my browser down?
No. Most items are checked in a fraction of a millisecond, and the rest within a moment. While scrolling YouTube it uses a tiny fraction of the CPU the page itself uses.
Can I see what it turned down?
Yes. The toolbar button shows today's count and a list of what was turned down, and every turned-down item has a Show button right where it was.
Isn't this just living in a bubble?
You choose what to turn down and how much, and you can pause it any time. Many people use it to keep news for when they choose to read it, instead of having it ambush them between cooking videos.