Twitter Demetricator

Twitter Demetricator

Hides all the metrics on Twitter.

What is Twitter Demetricator?
"Twitter Demetricator" is a browser extension intended to provide a new perspective of engagement on Twitter. It hides follower, like, retweet counts and more, challenging the impact of these numbers on user activity. The extension aims to distort our fixation with social media metrics, uncover how they steers our behavior, and encourage thought about the beneficiaries of this quantifying system.
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Stats
Rating: 4.56 (48)
Version: 1.6.1 (Last updated: 2023-01-17)
Creation date: 2019-07-25
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • storage
Size: 81.54K
URLs: Website
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Twitter Demetricator
Twitter Demetricator (v1.6.1)
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Summary

The Twitter interface is filled with numbers. These numbers, or metrics, measure and present our social value and activity online, enumerating followers, likes, retweets, and more. But what are the effects of these numbers on who we follow, what we post, or how we feel when we use the site? Inviting us to consider these questions through our own experience, Twitter Demetricator is a web browser extension that hides the metrics. Follower, like, and notification counts disappear. “29.2K Tweets” under a trending hashtag becomes, simply, “Tweets”. Through changes like these, Demetricator lets us try out Twitter without the numbers, to see what happens when we can no longer judge ourselves and others in metric terms. With this artwork, I aim to disrupt our obsession with social media metrics, to reveal how they guide our behavior, and to ask who most benefits from a system that quantifies our public interactions online.

Works with https://twitter.com and https://tweetdeck.twitter.com.

100% support for many language versions of Twitter, including English, English (UK), German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, Norwegian, Hungarian, and Sweedish; near full support for many other languages.

https://bengrosser.com/projects/twitter-demetricator/

User reviews
User reviews summary
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Hides Twitter metrics to reduce anxiety
  • Helps with mental health and self-esteem
  • Useful for content creators and artists
  • Provides peace and comfort by hiding follower count
Cons
  • Issues with not hiding all metrics
  • Difficulty in updating and staying functional
  • Not hiding metrics when hovering over a post
Most mentioned
  • Hides metrics and reduces social media anxiety
  • Helps with mental health and self-esteem
  • Useful for content creators and artists
  • Issues with not hiding all metrics
  • Difficulty in updating and staying functional
Recent reviews
Awesome. I used to hate see my twitter info all time I do tweeting. This one helps me a lot.
by Black Cat Black Cat, 2020-02-16

I like
by Julian Julian, 2024-03-11

I love it! I always wanted a extension that did this. However like other reviews are saying, some metrics still need to be hidden. Like followers and bookmarks.
by Israel Wilkins Israel Wilkins, 2024-03-10
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Safety
Risk impact

Twitter Demetricator may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

Twitter Demetricator has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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