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Re: Show HN: Retweet disabler/enabler

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Post by giosch »

mrmondo wrote: post #2

Is any further information available about how the app works before I authorise it to act as me on Twitter (change my profile, post tweets etc...)

I was baffled by the absurd permissions it requires too! I guess I'm never going to try what "a world without retweets" is...

Re: Show HN: Retweet disabler/enabler

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Post by intellent »

This is the most overdue feature of Twitter. Since ages.

I have no idea, why they do not offer a global show/hide retweets option. If you follow a couple of hundred accounts—like I do—having retweets enabled pretty much ruins your entire timeline.

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Post by oneeyedpigeon »

SifJar wrote: post #4

https://gist.github.com/M1ke/5541224 has two options for doing it without granting any permissions to a third party

It should be possible for the permissions on the original to be very 'harmless' but, for some reason, the access requires 'can post tweets on your behalf'. That's a shame.

Re: Show HN: Retweet disabler/enabler

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Post by oneeyedpigeon »

giosch wrote: post #3
mrmondo wrote: post #2

Is any further information available about how the app works before I authorise it to act as me on Twitter (change my profile, post tweets etc...)

I was baffled by the absurd permissions it requires too! I guess I'm never going to try what "a world without retweets" is...

Someone posted this [1] during a similar discussion yesterday. It shows you what a world without retweets is like without requiring anything beyond the minimal permissions required to do so.

[1] https://readmeapp.stream/

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Post by aglionby »

mrmondo wrote: post #2

Is any further information available about how the app works before I authorise it to act as me on Twitter (change my profile, post tweets etc...)

Twitter's API permission levels are really coarse grained [0]. I assume it needs write access in order to change the timeline, but some more detail from the author would be nice.

[0] https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/basics/authentication/...

Re: Show HN: Retweet disabler/enabler

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Post by maxehmookau »

giosch wrote: post #3
mrmondo wrote: post #2

Is any further information available about how the app works before I authorise it to act as me on Twitter (change my profile, post tweets etc...)

I was baffled by the absurd permissions it requires too! I guess I'm never going to try what "a world without retweets" is...

If you stop using Twitter, it becomes really obviously pretty much instantly.
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