Control Panel for Twitter

Control Panel for Twitter

Gives you more control over Twitter and adds missing features and UI improvements

What is Control Panel for Twitter?
'Control Panel for Twitter' is a Firefox add-on designed to streamline your Twitter experience. This extension reduces algorithmic content and prioritizes chronologically-ordered tweets from people you follow. It also improves user interface by hiding non-essential elements, removing distractions and making the timeline less cluttered. Enjoy a full-width timeline, hide unnecessary tabs, and customize your Twitter interaction to your preference.
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Stats
Version: 3.24.0 (Last updated: 2024-04-09)
Creation date: 2019-07-23
Weekly download count: 539
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 103.50K
URLs: Website
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Summary

Control Panel for Twitter is a browser extension for Twitter - its main goals are to reduce the amount of algorithmic content you see, give you more control over your timeline and make the UI less distracting.

By default, your Home timeline will be the reverse-chronological "Following" timeline, which will only contain tweets and quote tweets from the people you follow. The algorithmic "For you" timeline will be hidden, and Control Panel for Twitter will keep you on "Following" if Twitter tries to automatically take you off it. Everything is configurable, so start by opening the options popup and customizing to your liking. Changes you make in the options will be applied immediately.

Features:

Home timeline

  • Defaults to the "Following" (chronological) timeline, automatically switching you back if Twitter tries to move you to the "For you" (algorithmic) timeline
  • Hide the "For you" timeline tab (default setting)
  • Move Retweets to a separate tab (default setting), or hide them entirely
  • Move Quote Tweets and replies to them to a separate tab in the Home timeline, or hide them entirely
  • Hide Retweets in pinned Lists
  • Hide tweets quoting accounts you've blocked or muted
  • Mute quoting of specific tweets - adds a "Mute this conversation" menu item to Quote Tweets in the Home and List timelines
  • Hide the floating "See new Tweets" button
  • Hide "Who to follow", "Follow some Topics" etc. in the Home timeline and elsewhere
  • Full-width timeline: hide the sidebar and let timeline content go full-width on Home, Lists and Communities
UI improvements
  • Replace X branding changes
  • Hide Views under tweets
  • Hide the "Verified" tab in Notifications and the "Verified Followers" tab in Followers/Following
  • Restore headlines under external links
  • Restore the Quote Tweets link under tweets, and other interaction links
  • Replace Twitter Blue checkmarks with the Blue logo so they're not as easily mistaken for verified accounts, or hide them altogether
  • Hide Twitter Blue replies in threads
  • Hide Twitter Blue upsells throughout the app
  • Hide Grok
  • Hide Subscriptions
  • Add "Add muted word" to the "More" menu (desktop) or slide-out menu (mobile)
  • Fast blocking - skips the confirm dialog when you try to block an account
  • Hide Retweets in user profiles
  • Default to "Latest" tab in Search
  • When viewing a tweet's Quote Tweets, hide the quoted tweet to make more room for quotes
  • Hide "Open app" nags on mobile
UI tweaks
  • Disable use of the Chirp font if you don't like it
  • Disable bold and italic text in tweets
  • Use the site's normal text font style in the primary navigation menu on desktop to make it less distracting
  • Change the navigation menu density on desktop to make it take less room
  • Use normal font weight in dropdown menus - if everything's bold, nothing's bold
  • Uninvert the Follow and Following buttons to make them less jarring
    • Choice of monochrome or themed (classic) styling for uninverted buttons
Remove algorithmic content
  • Hide "What's happening", "Topics to follow" etc. in the sidebar
  • Hide Explore page contents and use it only for searching
  • Hide "Discover more" algorithmic tweets when viewing a tweet
Reduce "engagement"
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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
  • Makes Twitter more pleasant to use
  • Fixes debilitated Twitter experience
  • Useful and convenient features
  • Essential for using Twitter
Cons
  • Issues with redirecting to notifications
  • Unable to disable sensitive content filter blur
  • Desire for more customization options
Most mentioned
  • Fixes debilitated Twitter experience
  • Redirect to notifications not working
  • Disable sensitive content filter blur
Recent reviews
can't use twitter without it

by Spaceicality, 2024-04-21

by Spaceicality, 2024-04-21
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Safety
Risk impact

Control Panel for 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 Control Panel for Twitter if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

Control Panel for Twitter is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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