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Re:Show HN: Hide promoted tweets and sponsored content by gnicholas on Friday March 11, 2022 @11:00AM (#30641485)
Is it possible to block posts on twitter and LinkedIn that my contacts “liked”? I have no interest in seeing these — I just want to see what my contacts posted or reposted.

It’s cool to see this tool, but I have to agree with agentdrtran that it’s surprising to see a paid blocker. Optics aside, I would be hesitant to charge people up front for a tool that will undoubtedly turn into a cat and mouse game if successful. What happens if someone pays for a year and then LinkedIn changes their algorithm in a way that breaks your tool? Or if you are sued? The latter would be less likely IMO if the tool were free or donationware.

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Re:Show HN: Hide promoted tweets and sponsored content by onychomys on Friday March 11, 2022 @12:43PM (#30643256)
On twitter, switching to the chronological feed hides things your people liked.
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Re:Show HN: Hide promoted tweets and sponsored content by gnicholas on Friday March 11, 2022 @12:51PM (#30643385)
Interesting, I haven't found this to be the case, but checking right now it seems to be acting this way. I think LinkedIn is the much bigger issue for me. I simply do not care if someone liked someone else's post about how they're leaving $company...
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Re:Show HN: Hide promoted tweets and sponsored content by hoyd on Friday March 11, 2022 @03:34PM (#30645649)
Where is that setting?
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Re:Show HN: Hide promoted tweets and sponsored content by gnicholas on Friday March 11, 2022 @03:38PM (#30645705)
It's the sparkly icon in the upper right. Toggles between algorithm and reverse chron: https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/switch-chronological-twitter-t...
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