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facebook-muted-words
A browser extension that mimics the muted words functionality offered by Twitter whilst browsing the Facebook news feed
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Summary
This open-source extension aims to act as a stand-in for the missing functionality of muting words / phrases on Facebook. This can be used to automatically hide posts in the main news feed of Facebook which contain specifics words or phrases. For example, if you don't want to see chain mail asking people to copy and paste messages, add "copy and paste" to your muted words list and any post containing the phrase will be hidden.
The options menu of the extension will allow you to define a "local list" - which is a list of words / phrases you specify manually in the options screen. Alternatively, you can choose to use the URL source, and the extension will let you specify a remote wordlist that will be downloaded and used as the source of muted words instead (handy if you want to maintain one list for multiple installations).
The extension has been tested with both the "classic" Facebook interface and the new interface that is being rolled out to users as of May 2020.
** Version 1.0.1 **
- Fix a bug that would cause long posts to not have their full content checked and filtered
** Version 1.0.2 **
- Fix a bug causing case insensitive word checking to not work
Safety
Risk impact
facebook-muted-words may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.
Risk likelihood
facebook-muted-words is very likely to contain malware and should not be trusted. Avoid installing.
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