breaking bad habits like Doodle and Facebook with plugins?

[Daniel Pocock]

On 17/01/18 18:20, André Ockers wrote:
> Dear Daniel and list,
> 
> Op woensdag 17 januari 2018 11:56:21 schreef Daniel Pocock:
>> Nasty things like Doodle, Meetup and Facebook keep popping up throughout
>> FSFE and the wider free software community.  Even when we discuss them,
>> it is not long before they pop up again.
>>
>> When people are exposed to this elsewhere, all the time, it is not so
>> hard to understand how the FS message is being drowned out.  Our own way
>> of dealing with these challenges may also include some bad communication
>> habits, undermining the effectiveness of our responses.
>>
>> One thing that comes to mind: are there browser plugins and Thunderbird
>> email plugins that can help people avoid visiting or linking to things
>> like Facebook, Meetup, Twitter and Doodle?  
> 
> With the uMatrix plugin I can enable/disable connections to websites, also 
> when they are backdoor third party to another website. So you can disable the 
> connections to e.g. FB and that works on all their websites and their business 
> partners. It works on IceCat, possibly also on IceDove and Firefox.
> 

As well as blocking, does it give the user any encouragement to use
alternatives?

Another thing that comes to mind after reading that book: is there a way
a plugin could reward people for doing the right thing?  Rewards are
more effective at bringing about change than criticism.

Regards,

Daniel