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Show HN: I Created a Chrome Extension for PG: TRAB (Tweet Reporter and Blocker)

42 points by impish19 5y ago

A few days ago I saw this tweet from PG: https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1496549841912094733 https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1496549841912094733 ...and guessed it shouldn't be too hard to make a chrome extension to do this (I had never made a chrome extension before) So I took a stab at it - took me a bit over a day to make it, and it was fun to put together. I responded to his tweet with the link to the extension but I'm not sure if he would've seen it. edit: Looks like I missed the approval notification for the listing of this extension on the chrome store: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/trab-tweet-reporter-and-b/bahkpblcfiffamfljnfjeablplgnjnkg?hl=en-US https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/trab-tweet-reporte...

HenrikB 5y ago
Thanks for doing this. Have you considered making it open source (FOSS)?
- impish19 5y ago
  Hey Henrik, the main link from this post is actually to the Github repo hosting the source for this extension. Is there more to making the source code public when you say making it open source/FOSS?
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sakethr98 5y ago
nice one!
myanotherone 5y ago
aluminum96 5y ago
Would you expand this to allow reporting of bots and manipulated accounts? I've seen a ton of false reports about the RU invasion of UA from recently-created accounts this week.
- impish19 5y ago
  I suppose bots can still be reported with this as spam When you report a tweet today, twitter only allows to report for these categories: https://imgur.com/a/uoS3dZe https://imgur.com/a/uoS3dZe I'm not sure what category would apply to 'manipulated accounts' and how you would establish that. Objectively false information could probably be reported as 'misleading' I suppose? I'd be open to facilitating that if there's significant interest - might need to add a new button for that category.
  - Griffinsauce 5y ago
    > might need to add a new button for that category. I see where this is headed :D
    - impish19 5y ago
      Touché
MaxWolffe 5y ago
Very cool - also great Github page showing it in action.
xfalcox 5y ago
Any Firefox alternatives?
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webmaven 5y ago
What does PG stand for in this context?
- impish19 5y ago
  I should've clarified. Paul Graham. He started ycombinator (his tweet is quoted on the GitHub page)

42 points by impish19 5y ago

HenrikB 5y ago

Thanks for doing this. Have you considered making it open source (FOSS)?

impish19 5y ago
Hey Henrik, the main link from this post is actually to the Github repo hosting the source for this extension. Is there more to making the source code public when you say making it open source/FOSS?

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sakethr98 5y ago

nice one!

myanotherone 5y ago

aluminum96 5y ago

Would you expand this to allow reporting of bots and manipulated accounts? I've seen a ton of false reports about the RU invasion of UA from recently-created accounts this week.

impish19 5y ago
I suppose bots can still be reported with this as spam When you report a tweet today, twitter only allows to report for these categories: https://imgur.com/a/uoS3dZe https://imgur.com/a/uoS3dZe I'm not sure what category would apply to 'manipulated accounts' and how you would establish that. Objectively false information could probably be reported as 'misleading' I suppose? I'd be open to facilitating that if there's significant interest - might need to add a new button for that category.
- Griffinsauce 5y ago
  > might need to add a new button for that category. I see where this is headed :D
  - impish19 5y ago
    Touché

MaxWolffe 5y ago

Very cool - also great Github page showing it in action.

xfalcox 5y ago

Any Firefox alternatives?

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webmaven 5y ago

What does PG stand for in this context?

impish19 5y ago
I should've clarified. Paul Graham. He started ycombinator (his tweet is quoted on the GitHub page)