Downworthy

Replaces hyberbolic headlines from bombastic viral websites with a slightly more realistic version.

Total ratings

4.24 (Rating count: 112)

Review summary

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Pros
  • Great for sarcastic humor
  • Effective at addressing hyperbolic headlines
  • Excellent on/off feature for user control
  • Allows users to manage sanity by altering content
Cons
  • Occasional issues with case matching in text
  • Does not function properly on some links or work settings
  • Lacks ability to selectively apply to specific websites
  • Hasn't been updated in two years
Most mentioned
  • Need for case matching
  • Demand for site-specific application
  • Warning about usage on work-related computers
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User reviews

Recent rating average: 4.40
All time rating average: 4.24
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Date Author Rating Lang Comment
2021-03-29
SCP-Sheep		 TOO UNDERRATED
2021-03-29
Sheep		 en TOO UNDERRATED
2017-02-16
Sarah Saroka		 Great for all my sarcastic needs in life.
2017-02-17
Rowan S		 en Great for all my sarcastic needs in life.
2017-01-21
Rob Dominguez		 You won't believe what I did with this Chrome extension after I started using it ... oh wait, yeah you would ... I sent a link for it to all of my link forwarding friends
2017-01-21
The Cap’n		 en You won't believe what I did with this Chrome extension after I started using it ... oh wait, yeah you would ... I sent a link for it to all of my link forwarding friends
2017-01-05
Nick Dixon		 Would be much improved if it could match case instead of always using sentence-case. Currently lower-case "literally" becomes "Figuratively". Would also benefit from an option to replace headlines only.
2017-01-05
Nick Dixon		 en Would be much improved if it could match case instead of always using sentence-case. Currently lower-case "literally" becomes "Figuratively". Would also benefit from an option to replace headlines only.
2016-09-19
nour bour		 cvvvv
2016-09-19
Mr bourmoum abdennour		 cvvvv
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