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by JonnieCache 5304 days ago
The guardian is one of the very few of these apps which, when you click on one of the stories, will still redirect you to their site if you click "no" when asked to install the app. From then on you will go straight to the story upon clicking them and are never asked about the app again. They deserve kudos for this.

All the other news outlets I've seen keep you on facebook if you don't install the app, which is where this plugin comes in.

Unlike others I haven't blocked these stories because my list is small enough that I actually care what the people on it are reading. This plugin will be useful.

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this plugin began life a few days ago as a single line of javascript that would auto-click those close dialogs. we went from there and got it working with the other apps.

when the new API is released to all developers there will be a lot more of these apps. we wrote this in a pretty generic way, so it should continue to work when the new frictionless sharing apps are released.