Tweak New Twitter

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Post by ivank » Tue, Jan 24, 2023, 5:12 AM UTC

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Post by dom96 » Tue, Jan 24, 2023, 8:22 PM UTC

Really cool. It seems there are many such extensions for enhancing Twitter and other websites. I wonder if there are any `awesome-x`-style repos that list all such browser extensions.

I myself developed an extension for integrating Mastodon with Twitter recently[0]. It's a great way to get exposure to Mastodon without leaving the familiar Twitter UI.

[0] - https://chirper.picheta.me/

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Post by crimsoneer » Tue, Jan 24, 2023, 8:25 PM UTC

Instead of an extension to un-twitterfy twitter, I want one to tweetify Mastodon...

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Post by _han » Tue, Jan 24, 2023, 8:32 PM UTC

crimsoneer wrote: post #3

Instead of an extension to un-twitterfy twitter, I want one to tweetify Mastodon...

Which Twittery features are you missing in Mastodon?

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Post by pawelduda » Tue, Jan 24, 2023, 8:33 PM UTC

Idk, I appreciate them working hard to fix my compulsive Twitter scrolling habit

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Post by HerbMcM » Tue, Jan 24, 2023, 8:40 PM UTC

crimsoneer wrote: post #3

Instead of an extension to un-twitterfy twitter, I want one to tweetify Mastodon...

There are other frontends that are much more Twitter like pleroma, soapbox. Soapbox seems to be adding features more than others but the dev is persona non grata in many fediverse/mastodon circles.

Using plain pleroma right now, I want to try standing up misskey maybe on a weekend.

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Post by KerrAvon » Tue, Jan 24, 2023, 8:43 PM UTC

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Post by jdorfman » Tue, Jan 24, 2023, 9:00 PM UTC

I'm going to give this a shot. I have been using "Minimal Theme for Twitter" extension for a couple of years and love it. I'm less distracted by hiding what's trending, etc.

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Post by mjmsmith » Tue, Jan 24, 2023, 9:07 PM UTC

crimsoneer wrote: post #3

Instead of an extension to un-twitterfy twitter, I want one to tweetify Mastodon...

Take a look at Elk [1], it's the closest thing I've seen to a Twitter UI.

[1] https://elk.zone/

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Post by mmastrac » Tue, Jan 24, 2023, 9:12 PM UTC

The Elon acquisition forcing me to finally break my Twitter habit was awesome. Whenever I go back, I started to wonder why I spent so much time there. Mastodon has been positive in other ways - I'm posting less there than I did on Twitter, and the people there are generally less toxic overall (though I've been carefully curating who I follow this time around).

I think we'll continue to see social media fracture and federate as time goes on, and this will turn out to be a net benefit for society. For now, my mental health is definitely better.