Here's the mistake every site blocker makes: it treats linkedin.com as one thing. Block it or don't. But a modern platform isn't one thing — it's a useful tool (messages, search, the page you looked up) stapled to a slot machine (the infinite-scroll feed). Block the domain and you lose both. So you don't stick with it.
Block by path, not by host
The fix is precision. The addictive part always lives at a specific URL:
linkedin.com/feed— not your inboxreddit.com/r/all— not the subreddit wiki you came for- YouTube Shorts — not the tutorial you searched
x.com/home— not your DMs
Block those paths and leave the rest of the site fully working. Suddenly the cost of blocking is near zero — you keep everything you actually need — so it holds. That's the whole idea behind Refocus.
Why this beats willpower
Discipline fails when the price is too high. Blocking all of LinkedIn costs you your job search, so you cave. Blocking only the feed costs you nothing, so you don't. You're not white-knuckling anything; you've just removed the trap and kept the tool.
Add a night schedule for the hours willpower is lowest, and a focus timer for deep work, and the feed simply stops being a place you end up by accident.