Tune (experimental)

Tune (experimental)

Tune is a Chrome extension that helps people control the volume of the conversation they see.

What is Tune (experimental)?
Tune (experimental) is an innovative Chrome extension developed by Jigsaw. This technology enables you to adjust and control the amount of so-called toxic comments you are exposed to on various platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, and Disqus. It works through machine learning models (still experimental) that can filter comments based on set toxicity levels. You can opt for 'zen mode' to avoid all comments or customize settings to your comfort level. The tool allows user feedback for constant improvement.
Stats
Users: 2,000+
Rating: 3.15 (27)
Version: 0.2.6 experimental (Last updated: 2019-12-17)
Creation date: 2019-12-17
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • identity
  • storage
Size: 936.96K
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Summary

Tune is an experimental Chrome extension from Jigsaw that lets people customize how much toxicity they want to see in comments across the internet. Tune builds on the same machine learning models that power Perspective (https://www.perspectiveapi.com) to let people set the “volume” of conversations on a number of popular platforms, including YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, and Disqus.

Tune lets you turn the volume of toxic comments down for “zen mode” to skip comments completely, or turn it up to see everything—even the mean stuff. Or you can set the volume somewhere in between to customize the level of toxicity (e.g. attacks, insults, profanity, etc) you’re willing to see in comments.

The machine learning powering Tune is experimental. It still misses some toxic comments and incorrectly hides some non-toxic comments. We’re constantly working to improve the underlying technology, and users can easily give feedback right in the tool to help us improve our algorithms. Tune isn’t meant to be a solution for direct targets of harassment (for whom seeing direct threats can be vital for their safety), nor is Tune a solution for all toxicity. Rather, it’s an experiment to show people how machine learning technology can create new ways to empower people as they read discussions online.

Tune is part of the Conversation-AI research project (https://conversationai.github.io/) and is completely open source, so you can learn more, explore the code, or contribute directly on github (https://github.com/conversationai/perspective-viewership-extension).

The extension currently works on English language comments only. All non-English comments will be shown above and hidden below a pre-defined threshold.

FAQs

Q: Are the comments I read being associated with my account or saved by Tune? A: No. Comment text is sent to Perspective API for scoring then is automatically deleted after the score is returned. The initial sign-in for Tune is used to provide access to Perspective API.

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User reviews
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Pros
  • Ability to filter out toxic comments
  • Improves browsing experience on social media platforms
  • Potential for future improvements
Cons
  • Doesn't support dark mode
  • Difficulty logging in with Google account
  • Inconsistent and inaccurate filtering of comments
Most mentioned
  • Experimental status
  • Difficulty logging in
  • Inaccurate filtering of comments
Recent reviews
not working. could not even sign in
by Alexandte RFST Alexandte RFST, 2023-07-27

Doesn't work in Edge.

I started using twitter and often tried to stay away from it for the anxiety the comments gave me. Then I thought that an extension should exist to solve this problem. This is the first time I go on twitter and my browsing experience is more pleasant, thanks Google :)
by Hocine B Hocine B, 2022-02-25
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Safety
Risk impact

Tune (experimental) is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Tune (experimental) has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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