Sites I block for one reason or another.
This is an infrequently-updated list of sites I block at the DNS level on my home network using a Pi-Hole or whatever other DNS solution I've been futzing around with. I already know that I'm blocking sites that you like or I'm not blocking sites that you don't like, so please don't email be about it.
You can read more about this list here.
Social Media sites
Site |
URL(s) |
Reason |
Facebook |
Facebook.com, fbcdn.net, fbsbx.com, fb.com, fb.me, messenger.com, m.me |
They're scum, and they have thousands of domains. This entry will likely always be incomplete |
Instagram |
instagram.com |
Owned by Facebook |
Disqus |
disqus.com, disquscdn.com |
Tracking, adding nothing of value to any website |
Whatsapp |
whatsapp.com, whatsapp.net |
Owned by Facebook |
Giphy |
giphy.com |
Owned by Facebook, they pronounce the name of their website with a hard 'g' which ruins the joke |
Locals |
locals.com |
Pay-to-play 'social network' that's not worth my time. |
Sites that are specifically designed to waste time, and are exceedingly good at it
Site |
URL(s) |
Reason |
Boredpanda |
boredpanda.com |
Specifically designed to be a time-waster, and I come across links to it more often than I want to |
Buzzfeed |
buzzfeed.com, buzzfeednews.com |
Top 18 reasons why this site is blocked! Number 7 made my dog faint! |
Sites that annoy me
Site |
URL(s) |
Reason |
Wikipedia |
*.wikipedia.org |
Bad policies, editor power struggles, way too hard for a newbie to get involved, no original information, fundraisers every other month, search engines return wikipedia blocks instead of actual search results |
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