India, April 29 -- Need a break from social media? A chubby orange cat might be the intervention you didn't know you needed. Created by Japanese developer ZOKUZOKU, the delightfully simple tool Cat Gatekeeper is going viral for turning digital discipline into effective and oddly endearing. The premise is straightforward: scroll for too long, and a giant orange cat takes over your screen with an unapologetic, full-screen interruption. The demo, shared on Sunday on X via the developer's account (@konekone2026), has already racked up millions of views. Available as a Google Chrome extension, Cat Gatekeeper allows users to set a daily limit on social media usage - defaulted to 60 minutes - along with a customisable break period (set to five minutes by default). Once you hit your cap on platforms like Facebook, X, Threads, YouTube, and Reddit, the cat 'gatekeeper' steps in and literally blocks access, enforcing a cooldown. What sets it apart from traditional productivity tools is its tone. Instead of guilt-inducing warnings or sterile timers, Cat Gatekeeper leans into humour and surprise, making the interruption feel less punitive and more like a playful nudge. Yet, beneath the whimsy lies a serious function: it disrupts the autopilot behaviour that keeps users hooked on infinite feeds. Importantly, the extension is free, ad-free, and privacy-conscious as it doesn't collect or transmit user data externally, a rare reassurance in an ecosystem often driven by surveillance. In an era of dopamine-driven design, sometimes, all it takes to break the scroll is a very large, very determined cat. HTC...