gsajith / blue-check-hider

A Chrome extension which detects blue-check Twitter users and hides their posts.

Blue Check Hider

Blue Check Hider is a Chrome extension which hides any posts made by people with a verified blue Checkmark on twitter.com.

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Development

• Clone the repo.
• Install dependencies with yarn install.
• Set up ESLint npm init @eslint/config
• Create a build folder with yarn run build (once) or yarn run watch (continuous build).
• Follow the instructions to load an unpacked Chrome Extension, and load the build folder generated in the previous step

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Progress

Done

• Scan DOM for blue checks
• Send list of blue checks to Popup via message
• Store both blue checks on current page, and all detected blue checks

To do

• Set up backend DB
• Button to send data to backend DB
• Button to block the list

Reference

• Blue Blocker: Chrome and Firefox extension. Only blocks users that you come across.
• Twitter Block Chain: Mass block all users on a followers/following page.
• Block The Blue: Block list using theblockbot.com to block 282,000+ Twitter Blue users.