Reviews of Bot Sentinel

By: BotSentinel.com Add-on

List of user reviews and ratings for Bot Sentinel

Total ratings

3.98 (Rating count: 133)

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Review summary

Users find Bot Sentinel valuable in identifying and filtering inauthentic or problematic Twitter accounts, improving the quality of their Twitter experience through an easy-to-use interface and rating system. However, common issues include unreliable classifications, frequent "unknown" ratings requiring long waits, and occasional failure to display expected features. Some users express concerns about political bias and privacy risks due to the extension's permissions, which affects trust in its neutrality and security. Overall, it is considered an essential tool by many, but with notable reliability and trust concerns.

Pros

Helps identify problematic, inauthentic, or bot Twitter accounts, making the Twitter experience more sane by allowing users to block or avoid disruptive users.
Interface is easy to use and integrates smoothly with Twitter, providing ratings or badges alongside accounts.
Provides a rating scale (0 to 100) rather than a simple binary judgment, allowing users to apply their own judgment.
Helps save scrolling by filtering out low-quality or problematic accounts.
Considered essential or very useful for many users browsing Twitter today.

Cons

Many accounts show an "unknown" rating, leading to delays or unavailability of detailed reports.
The add-on sometimes misclassifies obvious bots as normal accounts, questioning reliability.
Users have reported the extension not working properly or UI elements (like badges) not appearing as expected.
Concerns about political bias or propaganda, with claims that ratings align with certain political narratives rather than purely authenticity.
Permissions and access to domains outside of Twitter (e.g., counter.social) raise privacy and security suspicions, including potential GDPR violations.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 2.90

All time rating average: 3.98

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18% (24)

Date	Author	Comment
2024-06-23	ge*****

2024-04-02	n/*****	The vast majority of accounts show "unknown" and I have to click and wait for over a minute to get a report, which sometimes never happens. Also, a very obvious bot was marked as "normal", so it's not even reliable when all the stars are aligned. Uninstalled after a few minutes.
The vast majority of accounts show "unknown" and I have to click and wait for over a minute to get a report, which sometimes never happens. Also, a very obvious bot was marked as "normal", so it's not even reliable when all the stars are aligned. Uninstalled after a few minutes.
2023-10-26	sh*****	Why this important extension is closed source? Not making sense at all
Why this important extension is closed source? Not making sense at all
2023-09-29	Fi*****	Works great in Win 11 with Firefox 118.0.1 (64-bit). Its rating scale is from 0 to 100, so it's not like it provides a binary judgment. Use your own judgment with this as a tool. Slightly aggravating that it gives me a score of 18%, but could be because I use adult language on Twitter. The reviews here stating political bias are unfounded, zero evidence claims from users who are likely bad-faith reviewers.
Works great in Win 11 with Firefox 118.0.1 (64-bit). Its rating scale is from 0 to 100, so it's not like it provides a binary judgment. Use your own judgment with this as a tool. Slightly aggravating that it gives me a score of 18%, but could be because I use adult language on Twitter. The reviews here stating political bias are unfounded, zero evidence claims from users who are likely bad-faith reviewers.
2023-09-07	ks*****	doesnt work
doesnt work
2023-06-22	Li*****	I would like this extension if it worked. However, apart from the "who to follow" popup on the right of an account's page, there is badge like there is on the screenshots. I'll change my review once this is fixed, this is kinda sad :'(
I would like this extension if it worked. However, apart from the "who to follow" popup on the right of an account's page, there is badge like there is on the screenshots. I'll change my review once this is fixed, this is kinda sad :'(
2023-01-27	Br*****

2023-01-27	de*****	If you are annoyed as I am with this 'unknown' banner and want only useful stuff to be displayed add this to your adguard custom filter: twitter.com##div[class="rating-card Unknown"]
If you are annoyed as I am with this 'unknown' banner and want only useful stuff to be displayed add this to your adguard custom filter: twitter.com##div[class="rating-card Unknown"]
2022-12-16	Fi*****	This project is what makes the twitter experience saner. When you came across a problematic account it helps to understand so and if you need to engage with such account, you know what to expect from such account. There is no GDPR violation using it as all the info it gets is already freely available via twitter and its users public conversations! The reviews calling this out, are the ones that want to create chaos and division and simultaneously aren't respecting mozilla's own review guidelines. Going to bot sentinel webpage one gets lists of many classified account and you can browse the accounts and see for yourself the way they engage with others. And non partisan means that you can be a die hard communist, center on the political spectrum or extreme right, no matter what, if you engage in ways that are problematic, this will classify you as such by analyzing your PUBLIC tweets! Key word here being PUBLIC. #SayNoToHate
This project is what makes the twitter experience saner. When you came across a problematic account it helps to understand so and if you need to engage with such account, you know what to expect from such account. There is no GDPR violation using it as all the info it gets is already freely available via twitter and its users public conversations! The reviews calling this out, are the ones that want to create chaos and division and simultaneously aren't respecting mozilla's own review guidelines. Going to bot sentinel webpage one gets lists of many classified account and you can browse the accounts and see for yourself the way they engage with others. And non partisan means that you can be a die hard communist, center on the political spectrum or extreme right, no matter what, if you engage in ways that are problematic, this will classify you as such by analyzing your PUBLIC tweets! Key word here being PUBLIC. #SayNoToHate
2022-12-11	us*****