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by NalNezumi 636 days ago
Love the idea.

I never used Twitter in my life until 2020,and only started using it due to my boss(researcher) recommending it as a good platform for getting up to date research publications/news. But I couldn't bare the noise. I also realized it can't be simply filtered.

I famous researcher I followed was very vocal about HK protest of the time. (understandably, as a local) and while I 100% sympathize, going on the platform to get research updates and get politics bombarded on me was too distracting to continue using it.

Is there any function to "white list" topic instead of blacklist? I'd probably be able to follow all researcher I wanted, if I could white-list only their work related tweets. It would also be nice if one could toggle it; sometimes I Do want to hear the opinions of those I respect and follow

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Agreed, I follow a ton of tech-bros on twitter and their constant ramblings of politics was one of the reason I built my extension in the first place.

We have a whitelist coming soon in the next version so hopefully you'll be able to follow your researchers without all the other stuff :)