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I've just added this as a "Verified accounts" feature you can toggle on in the options of my Tweak New Twitter extension (v1.23 - Chrome Web Store always takes a while to update):

https://github.com/insin/tweak-new-twitter#tweak-new-twitter

If you just want to check how much of your timeline is driven by verified accounts, you can also have them highlighted instead of hidden:

https://imgur.com/gallery/lcqq5bq

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Wow! This extension is amazing!

I'm the OP that shared the crazy JS script to temporarily delete/hide tweets from verified users.

I just installed this extension for Firefox, and it's a breath of fresh air.

Thank you!

I tried to update my original comment to say

> https://github.com/insin/tweak-new-twitter#tweak-new-twitter does everything I'm suggesting here and better, permanently, etc, go install it

but it's too old of a comment to edit.

What stands out to me is how empty Twitter is without all those widgets that exist only to juice engagement. The new much older Twitter-inspired default Mastodon layout is how I wish Twitter still was with sidebar widgets serving function instead of investors.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2019/06/mastodon-2.9/

I don't want a whole column devoted to pushing the latest horrors of the world on me and a bunch of people I don't know or have any interest in following. And that's with ads blocked.

Oh hey, thanks for this extension, I swear this extension is the only reason I find Twitter nearly tolerable anymore. (Of course extensions can't fix the toxicity of Twitter itself, but hey.)

I use this extension everyday. One request is to make center content take full width (since I hide the sidebar and other widgets).

Thanks for the extension!

I created an issue for this with a snippet you can use in your browser console to try it out - what do you think of the resulting size of media tweets?

https://github.com/insin/tweak-new-twitter/issues/25

Just wanted to let you know this extension is fantastic, awesome work

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