One of my favorite things about Twitter is it’s Muted Words feature. Whether I’m avoiding spoilers or yelling about politics, turning off certain key words is critical to my enjoyment of that website!
And yet…
Twitter completely ignores my Muted Words in it’s own “What’s Happening” box that shows up on the side of the desktop version of the website. It drives me NUTS because there’s no way to turn that off.
I finally decided to put some effort into getting rid of it.
Turns out you can use AdBlock filters! It’s possible to add manual filters in the Settings of your AdBlock extension. Here’s the one I set up that seems to do the trick remarkably well:
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Try it! It works!