Downworthy: Browser plugin to tone down hyperbolic viral headlines

Re:Downworthy: Browser plugin to tone down hyperbolic viral ... by Karunamon on Friday August 22, 2014 @03:26PM (#8213534)

Am I the only one that sees the level of biting sarcasm used on the filters this plugin provides to be roughly 10x as annoying as what it sets out to solve?

So we go from overblown to as written by the world's most petulant 13 year old. Not a improvement, IMO.

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Re:Downworthy: Browser plugin to tone down hyperbolic viral ... by TorKlingberg on Friday August 22, 2014 @03:39PM (#8213577)

It's a funny concept, not something you are actually supposed to use.

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Re:Downworthy: Browser plugin to tone down hyperbolic viral ... by Karunamon on Friday August 22, 2014 @04:02PM (#8213677)

Heh, it reminds me of cloud-to-butt.

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Re:Downworthy: Browser plugin to tone down hyperbolic viral ... by pessimizer on Friday August 22, 2014 @06:29PM (#8214240)

"There have been similar plugins that came before this one that served as sources of inspiration in both execution and code, and they're worth checking out if you haven't already, most notably the hilarious Cloud-to-Butt plugin (https://github.com/panicsteve/cloud-to-butt) by @panicsteve and the amazing Jailbreak the Patriarchy plugin (http://www.daniellesucher.com/2011/11/jailbreak-the-patriarc...) by @DanielleSucher."

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