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Browser extension which gives you more control over your Twitter timeline and adds missing features and UI improvements - for desktop and mobile

32 mentions on Hacker News by 14 people: 4 stories, 28 comments · first 2019-07-30 · latest 2026-08-20

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    Control Panel for Twitter: browser extension gives you control and adds features
    story by akyuu · 2026-08-20 · 0 comments
  2. …these are some of the emails I got about Control Panel for Twitter (~220,000 users on Chrome): https://github.com/insin/control-panel-for-twitter/issues/38... Some of them work in the open, I've had emails from the people behind this scam:…
    comment by insin · 2025-01-13 · in How hucksters are manipulating Google to promote shady Chrome extensions
  3. …manager. Unfortunately solutions like these only work on the web app, rather than the native app. https://github.com/insin/control-panel-for-twitter
    comment by 47thpresident · 2024-05-27 · in Twitter is now attention roulette and ultimately meaningless
  4. …[3] https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2024/05/14/manifest-v3-updat... [4] https://github.com/insin/control-panel-for-twitter/commit/59...
    comment by insin · 2024-05-15 · in Show HN: I made a Chrome extension to clean up your Gmail inbox locally
  5. …questions - @ControlPanelFT If you decide to use it, drop the guy a donation, they work hard on it! https://github.com/insin/control-panel-for-twitter
    comment by pogue · 2024-02-15 · in Ask HN: Nitter officially declared "over" today – alternatives?
  6. Control Panel for Twitter can already put them back [1] ^1 ^2 [1] https://github.com/insin/control-panel-for-twitter/releases/... ^1 while Twitter continues to put the headline in the aria-label on the link, given there's no accessibility…
    comment by insin · 2023-10-05 · in X confuses the masses by removing all details from links
  7. …Defaults/hides "For You" and tweaks a bunch of other stuff (hideable trends, etc). [1]: https://github.com/insin/control-panel-for-twitter
    comment by MattDemers · 2023-08-18 · in We don’t need a new Twitter
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    Tweak New Twitter
    story by ivank · 2023-01-24 · 37 comments
  9. …non-algorithmic timeline (and more) [0] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/userscripts/id1463298887 [1] https://github.com/insin/tweak-new-twitter#tweak-new-twitter
    comment by insin · 2023-01-19 · in Twitterrific has been discontinued
  10. …these changes, figure out what was now being used and re-apply them to custom UI on the fly. [0] https://github.com/insin/tweak-new-twitter#tweak-new-twitter
    comment by insin · 2023-01-16 · in For your next side project, make a browser extension
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    Tweak New Twitter
    story by luu · 2022-10-30 · 0 comments
  12. https://github.com/insin/tweak-new-twitter/ adds a lot of these UX tweaks.
    comment by l1n · 2022-10-30 · in Twitter features Mastodon is better for not having
  13. …you can't currently see the separate timeline Tweak New Twitter moves Retweets into by default) [1] https://github.com/insin/tweak-new-twitter#tweak-new-twitter
    comment by insin · 2022-08-12 · in Twitter Without the Home Timeline
  14. https://github.com/insin/tweak-new-twitter/ If you need it for mobile, on my mobile (Android) I downloaded Kiwi Browser so I can install that plugin.
    comment by fma · 2022-05-06 · in Why do you waste so much time on the internet?
  15. …hasn't changed significantly since the last A/B test they did of timeline tabs on web) [0] https://github.com/insin/tweak-new-twitter#tweak-new-twitter [1] https://github.com/insin/tweak-new-twitter/issues/78
    comment by insin · 2022-03-11 · in Twitter makes it harder to choose the old reverse-chronological feed
  16. …the release notes here (the latest Chrome version is still pending review at the time of typing): https://github.com/insin/tweak-new-twitter/releases I tried turning Chirp back on after a full day of coding at work and it's even worse when…
    comment by insin · 2021-08-12 · in Twitter's new font, Chirp, is apparently giving some users headaches
  17. …back to the chronological timeline when Twitter tries to move you back to the algorithmic timeline: https://github.com/insin/tweak-new-twitter#tweak-new-twitter
    comment by insin · 2021-07-14 · in Goodbye, Fleets
  18. I use Tweak New Twitter, which removes 'trending', reblogs, etc. from my feed. https://github.com/insin/tweak-new-twitter/
    comment by KittenInABox · 2021-06-08 · in Don't let social media think for you
  19. Apart from the last one, and retweets are low-effort so they're hidden by default too: https://github.com/insin/tweak-new-twitter#tweak-new-twitter
    comment by insin · 2021-05-28 · in Twitter confirms Twitter Blue
  20. …called Tweak New Twitter[1] and it's great. Removes most of the engagement driven bloat. 1: https://github.com/insin/tweak-new-twitter
    comment by dairylee · 2021-04-20 · in Ask HN: Why is the Twitter UI so bad?
  21. Better: https://github.com/insin/tweak-new-twitter This will benefit from updates from the author whenever Twitter tries to foil blocking. It comes with a variety of tweaks like a separate timeline for retweets and forcing the latest…
    comment by mkr-hn · 2021-04-07 · in 7% of Americans don’t use the internet. Who are they?
  22. …parts of Twitter, including the unnecessary extra click when you open a tweet from elsewhere. https://github.com/insin/tweak-new-twitter/
    comment by grishka · 2020-10-07 · in Crouching T2, Hidden Danger
  23. …in your browser console to try it out - what do you think of the resulting size of media tweets? https://github.com/insin/tweak-new-twitter/issues/25
    comment by insin · 2020-07-19 · in Twitter is at its best when verified accounts can’t tweet
  24. This problem might already be solved! The creator of https://github.com/insin/tweak-new-twitter dropped by and brought this tool to my attention. It's everything I wanted, works perfectly, has plugins for Chrome and Firefox. Check it out!…
    comment by wonder_er · 2020-07-16 · in Twitter is at its best when verified accounts can’t tweet
  25. Turns out something that does this already exists! The creator of https://github.com/insin/tweak-new-twitter dropped by and brought this tool to my attention. It's everything I wanted, works perfectly, plugins for Chrome and Firefox. Check…
    comment by wonder_er · 2020-07-16 · in Twitter is at its best when verified accounts can’t tweet
  26. Turns out this tool already exists! The creator of https://github.com/insin/tweak-new-twitter dropped by and brought this tool to my attention. It's everything I wanted, works perfectly, plugins for Chrome and Firefox. Check it out! Might…
    comment by wonder_er · 2020-07-16 · in Twitter is at its best when verified accounts can’t tweet
  27. …Firefox, and it's a breath of fresh air. Thank you! I tried to update my original comment to say > https://github.com/insin/tweak-new-twitter#tweak-new-twitter does everything I'm suggesting here and better, permanently, etc, go install it…
    comment by wonder_er · 2020-07-16 · in Twitter is at its best when verified accounts can’t tweet
  28. …of my Tweak New Twitter extension (v1.23 - Chrome Web Store always takes a while to update): https://github.com/insin/tweak-new-twitter#tweak-new-twitter If you just want to check how much of your timeline is driven by verified accounts,…
    comment by insin · 2020-07-16 · in Twitter is at its best when verified accounts can’t tweet
  29. …fake timeline, so by default you only see original tweets and quote tweets from people you follow: https://github.com/insin/tweak-new-twitter#tweak-new-twitter I've been using Twitter this way for years and consequently find the unmodified…
    comment by insin · 2020-07-16 · in Twitter is at its best when verified accounts can’t tweet
  30. …out of your timeline and making the separated Retweets timeline it adds to Twitter more robust: https://github.com/insin/tweak-new-twitter#tweak-new-twitter I also dove much deeper into Gatsby than my previous experience with it of cloning…
    comment by insin · 2020-05-14 · in Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?
  31. …to text size and colour customisation aren't getting persisted, so I assume something's busted. [1] https://github.com/insin/tweak-new-twitter#tweak-new-twitter
    comment by insin · 2020-04-09 · in Ask HN: Is Twitter's feed down?
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    Show HN: Tweak New Twitter: Force Latest Tweets, Separate Retweets and UI Tweaks
    story by insin · 2019-07-30 · 0 comments