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Make Twitter Great Again — Chrome extension that hides tweets about the 2016 election
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@osakasaul well, there definitely will be a spin-off that will block certain content, but it will remain secret till publishing ;)
@ianmayman thank you! Yes, politics should not be totally ignored and we don't discourage people to vote. But sometimes politics appear where you didn't expect them to be and it just really annoys most of the people. What we wanted to do is to give people an option to hide it and make their experience in twitter better.
It's great to see other products that put people first and in control of their experience online. I believe this is a trend that we will continue to see unfold going forward. I hope that Twitter continues to allow developers to build products like this, although I can also see them removing API access if it significantly limits their impressions, reach, or engagement. Great work!
@torbahax thank you lot! We are really glad that you liked it! Also, don't worry, we don't use twitter API at this point. We used it before for training our algorithm, but now it is independent of their API.
Obvious question, but does the extension actually block the tweets or do the tweets still appear with text warning you that it is about the election?
@anthony_stylianou it replaces the content of the tweet with warning message that this tweet contains information about election. As we use machine learning approach for this task, there are can be possible errors. That is why you can always view the content of the hidden tweet by just clicking on it.
I love twitter but the election rants are too much, get out and vote but don't use 140 character rants to make up your mind.
@love2golf totally agree! Most of the tweets about politics are not informative at all and don't help in making decision. That is why we created this extension :)
Great job! Is it possible to set what text will be shown instead of original tweets? I mean how to change: "This text is about US election 2016" to something else.
@michalhudecek sadly, it is not available right now :( But we will think what we can do about it!
Finally thank you.
I've got "trump" and "hillary" keywords blocked and still somehow get news about the US elections.
Hi, Product Hunters! We are pleased to show you our chrome extension that blocks tweets about U.S. 2016 elections. Looking forward for your feedbacks!
Awesome idea -- why not put in a random fact instead of something about the election? Would play right into what made twitter great in the first place....
@willortel thanks! I am afraid that it would cause a little misunderstanding. For example, I don't think that you would like to read how Hillary Clinton writes facts about dolphins :)
Hmmm... sort of the exact opposite of https://www.producthunt.com/tech... ! Looks like the polarization of the American electorate is well reflected in the polarization of the Product Hunt lineup!
@josh_levine hahaha fun project! But I suppose that there are already too much of Trump even without this product :D
Please can you make a sister version in french to flush the shit out of French elections ?
@steveraffner ohh, we are not sure, as nobody of us really speaks french :(
@steveraffner the problem is that we already have some other project in our plans, which is not connected to elections. But who knows, maybe we will do it in the future. Anyway, we know whom to contact if we would decide to build it, thanks ;)
Oh come on! The future of the world is at stake here... (strong name though)
@nickstravelbug thank you! Actually, yes, there is such extension for facebook: https://www.producthunt.com/tech... Frankly saying, this extension inspired us ;)
@sarim_haq well, that is not a secret! I can send you direct message in Twitter, if you want
@idarbek thanks. That would be great! I am always excited about new applications of A.I. My twitter handle - https://twitter.com/caspyapp
@sandrojazzar wow! We are really, really happy that helped you, thank you for your feedback!
Now THIS is a Make Blank Great Again campaign I can get behind! #IgnoranceIsBliss @HandleByte
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