Better Twitter
Hide what is not important on Twitter.com
What is Better Twitter?
Better Twitter is a Firefox add-on that streamlines your Twitter experience. It offers several customization options such as the ability to hide follower counts, tweet likes, retweets and replies, 'Trends for you', 'Who to follow', and the website footer. Moreover, it enables users to hide retweets and tweets liked by others, ensuring a more focused and distraction-free interface. Bug reports and feature requests can be submitted via the provided link.
Stats
By:
Razvan Caliman
Creation date:
2018-10-30
Weekly download count:
58
Firefox on Android:
No
Risk impact:
High risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Low risk likelihood
Manifest version:
2
Permissions:
Size:
16.61K
URLs:
Website
Stats date:
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Summary
Bug reports and feature requests go here: https://github.com/oslego/better-twitter/issues
Toggle these preferences in the extension's options page:
- No fame: Hide number of followers and following count
- No vanity: Hide number of tweet likes, retweets and replies
- Hide promoted tweets
- Hide retweets
- Hide tweets liked by others
- Hide “Trends for you”
- Hide “Who to follow”
- Hide website footer
User reviews
User reviews summary
Pros
- Removes unwanted features from Twitter
- Works as advertised
- Developer actively maintains the add-on
Cons
- Some features like hiding retweets may not work consistently
- Promoted tweets are not consistently blocked
- Issues with hiding 'Trends for you' and 'Who to follow'
Most mentioned
- Promoted tweets
- Hiding 'Trends for you'
- Works as advertised
- Developer actively maintains it
Recent reviews
Didn't care about any option but "hide retweets", and this feature just doesn't work. Hopped into a user's twitter profile and retweets were still visible.
Good
Safety
Risk impact
Better Twitter is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Better Twitter if you trust the publisher.
Risk likelihood
Better Twitter has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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