Filter tweets from Twitter Blue users without having to block or mute them.
Manifest V3
Permissions:
- storage
Size: 40.68K
Email: co*****@malwaretech.com
Full description: See detailed description
Source: Chrome Web Store
Updated: a day ago
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User reviews
Pros
- Improves Twitter usability by blocking unwanted content
- Easy installation and setup process when using the updated version from GitHub
- Effective in hiding tweets from certain users or accounts
- Positive impact on mental well-being by reducing exposure to hateful or stupid content
- Users express gratitude for the extension's ability to enhance their Twitter browsing experience
Cons
- Currently non-functional due to the URL change from twitter.com to x.com
- Requires users to manually update the extension from GitHub
- Settings changes are not being applied properly
- Previous functionality allowed for more customization, some users desire additional features
- Extension may cause Twitter to stop loading under certain conditions
Most mentioned
- Extension is non-functional due to the recent URL change
- Users recommend a manual fix through GitHub
- The extension significantly improves Twitter experience when working
- Users appreciate the humor and effectiveness of the content being hidden
- Many express a desire for more customization features
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User reviews
Currently, this extension does not work as-is, due to the domain updating from twitter.com to x.com, BUT there is a way to make it work, via a fixed extension from GitHub.
See the review by boopidoop for full instructions. Before following the guide, I recommend that you remove the current BlueLiteBlocker extension, as it's not needed for the new extension to work, and since the two icons can easily be confused, making it hard to know (at that point) which one to remove.
Then follow the instructions to install the fixed extension.
by
Tom Barrister, 2024-09-07
Useless for a while now, since it does not work on the "x.com" URLs.
Took me 5min to update the app locally, it's a damn shame devs won't do the same, despite people asking for it on the git page.
by
S Lbt, 2024-06-23
Very good extension, but doesn't currently work due to the recent URL change ("twitter.com" -> "x.com")
There's currently a GitHub pull request that fixes this, requires manual installation but doesn't have any malicious code in it, just changes all references to "twitter.com" to "x.com"
https://github.com/mark-ignacio/BlueLiteBlocker/tree/domain-change
Install instructions:
1. Click the link above, then the green "Code" button and "Download ZIP"
2. Unzip the downloaded ZIP file, then navigate to where you unpacked it
3. In the "BlueLiteBlocker" folder, delete "firefox_manifest.json" and rename "chrome_manifest.json" to "manifest.json"
(Optional) Open "manifest.json", remove lines 29 to 34 and save the file (these are only used by Firefox, and leaving them in will only produce warnings in Chrome's console but won't actually affect anything)
4. In Chrome, go to "chrome://extensions" (or click the 3 dots in the top right corner, then go to "Extensions" and click "Manage Extensions")
5. Click "Developer Mode" at the top right of the Extensions page, then "Load Unpacked" in the top left
6. In the Explorer window that opens, navigate to where you unpacked the ZIP file, click the "BlueLiteBlocker" folder and click "Select Folder" at the bottom right
7. There should now be two BlueLiteBlocker extensions listed on the page, one with an orange circle overlapping its icon. Find the one without the circle, and click either "Remove" or the small switch on its bottom right corner
8. To test if the updated extension works, find a popular post (eg. one on x.com/ElonMusk, or one on your "Following" or "For You" page with hundreds of replies) and scroll down. If it is still showing users with blue checkmarks, click the extension's icon (top right of the Chrome window, or click on the "Jigsaw Piece" icon and look for it in the list), double check the settings, click "Save Settings", click back on Twitter and hard-refresh the page (Ctrl+F5)
by
boopidoop, 2024-06-03
Extension safety
Risk impact
BlueLiteBlocker requires very minimum permissions.
Risk impact analysis details
- High Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.
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Risk likelihood
BlueLiteBlocker has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
Risk likelihood analysis details
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