Twitter 'Likes' Hider

Twitter sometimes shows you tweets that people whom you follow 'like' or 'follow'. This extension provides a toggle to hide those.

What is Twitter 'Likes' Hider?

Twitter 'Likes' Hider is a Chrome extension developed by Rendall Koski, and its main feature is "Twitter sometimes shows you tweets that people whom you follow 'like' or 'follow'. This extension provides a toggle to hide those.".

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Extension Usage Instructions

                        Twitter 'Likes' Hider

Twitter puts tweets in your feed that someone else 'likes' or 'follows', or suggests 'topics'. This extension allows you to hide those and other similar tweets.

Instructions
After installing, the Twitter 'Likes' Hider icon will be visible to the right of your Chrome address bar. It will be active when visiting Twitter, and grayed out while visiting any other website.

Clicking on the icon while active will toggle the view of the 'liked' tweets from hidden to visible and back again.

To see how many tweets are hidden, hover your cursor over the icon. If it has hidden any tweets, it will tell you how many. 

It is possible to hide other kinds of Tweets. To change the kinds of Tweets that are hidden, right-click on the extension icon and select Options. A new Chrome tab will open with a list of labeled checkboxes. Check the boxes next to the kinds of tweets you would like to hide: Likes, Follows, Retweets, or Verified accounts / "Blue Check". The click the Save button to apply the changes. It may be necessary to reload Twitter.

Installation
Easiest option for everyone: Install the extension on Chrome via the Web Store link: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/twitter-likes-hider/dkcgnebncpfljfaaplmedjnfjifffagj

Or if you are a developer and want to sideload the code: download / clone the source code into a local directory from here: https://github.com/rendall/twitter-like-hider and then follow these instructions from Google to install it on your browser as a developer. https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/getstarted#unpacked

Privacy Policy
The creator of Twitter 'Likes' Hider has zero interest in tracking you. Your privacy is sacrosanct. No data will be kept, tracked, transferred, sold, traded, nor even coveted in any respect, from now until the end of time.

Support: Have a comment? Question? Feature request?
Please follow this link and fill out the form: https://github.com/rendall/twitter-like-hider/issues/new

Open Source!
This extension is open source, which means you can see how it works yourself and even contribute to the project. More details here: 
https://github.com/rendall/twitter-like-hider                    

Extension Basic Information

Name Twitter 'Likes' Hider Twitter 'Likes' Hider
ID dkcgnebncpfljfaaplmedjnfjifffagj
Official URL https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/twitter-likes-hider/dkcgnebncpfljfaaplmedjnfjifffagj
Description Twitter sometimes shows you tweets that people whom you follow 'like' or 'follow'. This extension provides a toggle to hide those.
File Size 50.41 KB
Installation Count 962
Current Version 1.6.3
Last Updated 2021-03-22
Publish Date 2018-01-31
Rating 3.35/5 Total 26 Ratings
Developer Rendall Koski
Email [email protected]
Payment Type free
Extension Website https://github.com/rendall/twitter-like-hider
Help Page URL https://github.com/rendall/twitter-like-hider/issues/new
Supported Languages en-US
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