Read Across The Aisle

This is a beta of the Read Across the Aisle Chrome extension. Send any feedback to [email protected].

Read Across The Aisle - Broadening Your News Perspectives

'Read Across The Aisle' is a Chrome extension that offers a visual representation of your filter bubble, showing your most-read news sites and tracking your reading behavior over time. The tool aims to diversify your news intake by shedding light on where you spend most of your time reading. It includes features like social network tracking, free Wall Street Journal access, and potential future additions such as customized article recommendations and achievement badges.
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Extension stats

Rating: 2.05
(56)
Version: 1.3.1 (Last updated: 2018-09-05)
Creation date: 2018-09-05
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Overrides new tab: Yes
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • idle
  • unlimitedStorage
  • storage
  • webRequest
  • <all_urls>
Size: 389.12K

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Extension summary

UPDATE:

You can now set the Dashboard to show only once a day, instead of with every new tab. Just click the settings (gear) icon in the upper right corner of the Dashboard and flip the toggle for display frequency.

You can always access the Dashboard by clicking on the browser extension icon in the upper right.


Read Across The Aisle gives you a visual representation of your filter bubble. Our dashboard shows you your most-read news websites so you can see where you're spending the most time reading. With the view options, you can see just the last 24 hours, week, or even your indefinite history, so you can track your behavior over time.

Get Free Wall Street Journal Access!

Click the WSJ link (below your most-read site list) to get a free, renewable, guest pass to the Wall Street Journal. Every week you will see the registration prompt again, but you can use the same email address to register each time.

Social Network Tracking

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User reviews

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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
  • Temporary access to WSJ
  • Insightful additional feature
  • Free
Cons
  • WSJ access not working
  • SyntaxError when trying to sign up for WSJ trial
  • Homepage changes
  • Pushes survey
Most mentioned
  • WSJ access not working
  • SyntaxError when trying to sign up for WSJ trial
  • Doesn't work
  • Terrible
  • Homepage changes
User reviews
Not working
by Turner Jacob, 2024-07-02

terrible, does not work
by Pedro Góes, 2024-05-21

Don't even bother installing it!! WSJ access no longer works so what is this good for? IMMEDIATELY uninstalled ...
by Jeff Clements, 2023-09-08
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Read Across The Aisle requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Read Across The Aisle has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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