Better Twitter

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.
Merlin
Stats
Version: 2.1.2 (Last updated: 2023-01-14)
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:
  • storage
Size: 16.61K
URLs: Website
Stats date:

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Better Twitter
Better Twitter (v2.1.2)
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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
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
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.
by Sir_Jimmothy, 2024-04-17

Good
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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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