Purr-fect block: This viral cat is here to end your doomscroll
India, April 30 -- 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 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.
Importantly, the extension is free, ad-free, and privacy-conscious as it doesn't collect or transmit user data externally. In an era of dopamine-driven design, sometimes, all it takes to break the scroll is a very large, very determined cat.HTC...
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