What is Fraidycat?
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Fraidycat is a browser extension for following folks on a variety of platforms. But rather than showing you a traditional 'inbox' or 'feed' view of all the incoming posts - Fraidycat braces itself against this unbridled firehose! - you are shown an overview of who is active and a brief summary of their activity.
Fraidycat attempts to dissolve the barriers between networks - each with their own seeming 'network effects' - and forms a personal network for you, a personal surveillance network, if you will, of the people you want to monitor. (It's as if the Web itself is now your network - imagine that.)
There are no fancy algorithms behind Fraidycat - everything is organized by recency. (Although, you can sort follows into tags and priority - "do I want to track this person in real-time? Is this a band that I am only interested in checking in on once a year?") For once, the point isn't for the tool to discern your intent from your behavior; the point is for you to wield the tool, as if you are a rather capable kind of human being.
User reviews
- Great way to keep track of friends and favorite content from multiple social media platforms.
- Helps users manage RSS feeds effectively and avoid unnecessary sign-ups for platforms like Twitter.
- Provides a clean and organized interface for browsing content.
- Promotes a more intentional and engaged browsing experience.
- Dependence on an external domain for functioning.
- User's data and settings are managed online rather than locally, which may not be clear to all users.
- Performance issues related to the online service.
- Online service dependency
- Organized interface
- Ease of tracking social media content
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Add-on safety
Risk impact
Fraidycat requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
Fraidycat has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.