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In terms of a browser extension for Twitter, I highly recommend Control Panel for Twitter. It works as a browser extension as well as on some mobile browsers. I

by pogue 3y ago

In terms of a browser extension for Twitter, I highly recommend Control Panel for Twitter. It works as a browser extension as well as on some mobile browsers. It is highly customizable to filter out who/what you don't want to see and is fully open source if you feel the need to tweak. It's updated regularly and the creator is highly active on Twitter to provide updates and answer questions - @ControlPanelFT If you decide to use it, drop the guy a donation, they work hard on it! https://github.com/insin/control-panel-for-twitter https://github.com/insin/control-panel-for-twitter

mst 3y ago
Control Panel ftw. I'm also eyeing https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/trab-tweet-reporter-and-b/bahkpblcfiffamfljnfjeablplgnjnkg https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/trab-tweet-reporter... for rapid block+report of the crud that accumulates on various posts, and pondering how much hassle it would be to port to firefox.
- pogue 3y ago
  That looks interesting in theory, but unfortunately it was last updated in Feb 2022 so I would doubt highly it still works. There were a great deal of 3rd party tools to reduce abuse, bots and known bad actors on Twitter, but Elon took that all away when he restricted access to the API to only those paying $42k/month. I haven't actively been on Twitter since July, but after he essentially removed the majority of moderation staff after he bought the place, reporting people is basically a non-working feature anyway. I remember getting a notice on someone I reported 3 months after the fact.
  - mst 3y ago
    In practice, what I'm doing is: Click drop down, click report Tab x 3, Down x 5, Tab, Enter, Tab x 2, Enter That reports a user or tweet as spam and blocks them. Currently. Reporting was never that effective anyway but if something gets -enough- reports it seems to help, so I don't mind the extra keypresses.

by pogue 3y ago

mst 3y ago

Control Panel ftw. I'm also eyeing https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/trab-tweet-reporter-and-b/bahkpblcfiffamfljnfjeablplgnjnkg https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/trab-tweet-reporter... for rapid block+report of the crud that accumulates on various posts, and pondering how much hassle it would be to port to firefox.

pogue 3y ago
That looks interesting in theory, but unfortunately it was last updated in Feb 2022 so I would doubt highly it still works. There were a great deal of 3rd party tools to reduce abuse, bots and known bad actors on Twitter, but Elon took that all away when he restricted access to the API to only those paying $42k/month. I haven't actively been on Twitter since July, but after he essentially removed the majority of moderation staff after he bought the place, reporting people is basically a non-working feature anyway. I remember getting a notice on someone I reported 3 months after the fact.
- mst 3y ago
  In practice, what I'm doing is: Click drop down, click report Tab x 3, Down x 5, Tab, Enter, Tab x 2, Enter That reports a user or tweet as spam and blocks them. Currently. Reporting was never that effective anyway but if something gets -enough- reports it seems to help, so I don't mind the extra keypresses.