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Remove algorithmic content from Twitter, hide news & trends, control which shared tweets appear on your timeline, and improve the UI

Remove algorithmic content:

– Keeps you on the Following (chronological) timeline, automatically switching you back if Twitter tries to move you to the "For you" (algorithmic) timeline
– Hide the "For you" timeline tab
– Hide "Who to follow", "Follow some Topics" etc. in the timeline
– Hide "What's happening", "Topics to follow" etc. in the sidebar
– Hide "Discover more" algorithmic tweets when viewing an individual tweet
– Hide algorithmic tweets based on likes, replies, communities, and suggested topics in the "For you" timeline, if you use it
– Hide Explore page contents and use it only for searching

Control which tweets shared by people you follow appear on your timeline:

– Move Retweets to a separate tab (default setting), or hide them entirely
– Move Quote Tweets and replies to them to a separate tab, or hide them entirely (off by default)
– Hide tweets quoting accounts you've blocked or muted
– Mute quoting of specific tweets - adds a "Mute this conversation" menu item to Quote Tweets in the timeline

UI improvements:

– Hide view metrics/analytics links under tweets
– Disable use of the Chirp font if you don't like it
– Replace (default setting) or hide Twitter Blue user checkmarks so they're not as easily mistaken for verified accounts
– Hide the "Verified" tab on the Notifications page
– Uninvert the Follow and Following buttons to make them less jarring
    – Choice of monochrome or themed (classic) styling for uninverted buttons
– Use the site's normal text font style in the primary navigation menu on desktop to make it less distracting
– Use normal font weight in dropdown menus
– Fast blocking – skips the confirm dialog when you try to block an account
– Add a new item to the "More" menu which takes you straight to the "Add muted word" page
– When viewing a tweet's Quote Tweets, hide the quoted tweet to make more room for quotes

Hide UI items you don't use:

– Hide any metrics you don't want to see
– Hide navigation items you don't use, and other distracting screen elements such as the account switcher and Messages drawer
– Hide items you don't use in the "More" menu

Experiments:

Optional features you can try, to see how they change how you perceive and use Twitter:

– Reduced interaction mode: hide the action bar under tweets – replies are now the only means of interacting
– Full-width timeline content: hide the sidebar and let timeline content go full-width
– Verified accounts: highlight tweets by – or interacting with – verified accounts, or hide them to simulate the aftermath of the July 2020 Twitter hacks
- Disable the home timeline: find yourself wasting too much time on Twitter? Try preventing use of the home timeline, going to Notifications or Messages by default instead

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