TweetCred

Real-time credibility evaluation on Twitter.
What is TweetCred?
TweetCred is a real-time, web-based system that provides credibility ratings for tweets on Twitter. The system uses a supervised ranking algorithm to assess credibility based on various tweet features and user properties.

Extension stats

Users: 311 ▼ -5
Rating: 3.92 (12)
Version: 2.5.3 (Last updated: 2015-10-08)
Creation date: 2015-10-08
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • http://twitter.com/*
  • https://twitter.com/*
  • http://precog.iiitd.edu.in/*
Size: 312.32K

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Extension summary

TweetCred is a real-time, web-based system to assess credibility of content on Twitter. The system provides a credibility rating between 1 to 7 for each tweet on the Twitter timeline. The score is computed using a supervised automated ranking algorithm that determines credibility of a tweet based on 45 features. The system considers various factors to determine the credibility, such as, the tweet content, properties of user who posted the tweet, external URLs or pictures shared in the tweet, etc.

Credibility score: 1 (low credibility) - 7 (high credibility)

Please help us in evaluating and testing the system.

http://twitdigest.iiitd.edu.in/TweetCred

System developer: Nilaksh Das

User reviews

2021; does not work.
by Aj R, 2021-12-06

Good idea, but all tweets are given an exclamation point for a rating. Poor implementation.
by Tristan Morath, 2015-07-12

The app itself works as it's supposed to, but I'm not seeing the point of having it.
by Tanya Hockett, 2014-05-06
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Extension safety

Risk impact

TweetCred requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

TweetCred has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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