Step one
Pick your sources
Follow publications directly by RSS instead of letting a platform decide. Here's how a no-algorithm feed works.
Stop doomscrolling
Read the news. Skip the spiral.
Doomscrolling isn't a willpower problem — it's what algorithmic feeds are built to produce. You don't have to quit the news to stop; you have to change who controls the feed.
No ranking algorithm
Mute trigger topics
A feed that ends
It's the design, not your discipline.
Algorithmic feeds are built to find what spikes you and serve more of it. You don't out-willpower a system tuned on your reactions — you switch to a feed that doesn't have one.
No algorithm — nothing learns your outrage
A feed that ends — when the new stories end
Mute the spikes — trigger topics go quiet
Three changes that actually work
None of them involve reading less news.
Step two
Mute what drains you
The feud, the trial, the personality you keep hate-reading — mute the word and every headline about it goes quiet.
Step three
Cut the manufactured urgency
Viral-bait headlines and engagement filler are a junk format. Muuted's junk filters catch them automatically.
What a calm feed feels like.
Your sources, in the order they published. Nothing resurfaced to re-provoke you, nothing "you might also like." You read what's new, and then you're done.
Still informed: same publications, direct from the source
Still in control: every mute is reversible in one tap
Still honest: muted stories are reviewable, never silently deleted
FAQ
Does quitting the news stop doomscrolling?
It stops the scrolling and the being informed. The sustainable fix is changing the mechanics: chosen sources, muted trigger topics, no recommendation engine feeding you the next outrage.
How does Muuted help?
Muuted is an RSS reader with no ranking algorithm — your chosen sources in published order, with muted words and junk filters removing what you already know drains you. The feed ends when the new stories end.
What should I mute first?
The topics you reread without gaining anything — a feud, a trial, a personality. Mute the word, and every headline mentioning it goes quiet until you bring it back.
Your feed. Your rules. Your evening back.
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