chirrup may not be havingthe best of years so far , but it still runs circles around its rivalsin so many ways . One of the reason Twitter is worth adhere with ( or making a start with ) are the wealth of sparking plug - ins , attention deficit hyperactivity disorder - ons and third - political party apps build up on top of the platform . Here are our favorite tools for boosting Twitter ’s usefulness — they’re all immediate to set up and barren to try .
Auto Refresh for Twitter : See new tweets look on screenland magically without resorting to TweetDeck with thisChrome extension(it also works with hashtags and search as well ) . If you ’re more of a Firefox type , thenAuto - Refresh Twitterwill do the same job .
Blind Twitter : A simpleChrome extensionthat lay out everyone on Twitter as “ Twitter User ” and supplant their embodiment with a generic bird look-alike . The musical theme is you read your timeline without any variety of preconception , and you could quickly toggle the setting on or off .
Buffer : Several tools let you schedule tweets in advance but few make out to mix ease - of - purpose with optional modern feature quite as well asBuffer . It includes integrate analytics pecker as well as share options and it can work with your Facebook account too .
Direct Messenger : Ever wish Twitter had a standalone messenger app like Facebook does ? The unofficialDirect Messengeris the tricksy and characteristic - packed solvent , usable on the web , Io and Android ( though it ’s the iOS app that seems most urbane ) .
Emojitracker : Get a view into real - time emoji use on Twitter withEmojitracker — find out just how democratic the “ crying with laughte ” ’ picture is ( very ) and some of the weird and howling symbols that pick up adhesive friction on the platform ( from Pisces the Fishes to tractors ) .
Filta : File under “ features Twitter should offer natively . ”Filtaquite simply rent you search through the people you ’re following on the platform — find multitude by location , area of expertness , and so on , and it ’s really square to use ( antecedently on Field Guide ) .
IFTTT : Connect Twitter up to Facebook , Instagram , Tumblr , WordPress , and plenty of other popular entanglement destinations withIFTTT(If This Then That ) , enable you to trigger tweet mechanically , pipe them elsewhere , and much more ( previously on Field Guide ) .
Nuzzel : Nuzzelis one of the best third - party tool out there for cull out the best and most relevant stories from the oecumenical Twitter deluge — lots of apps seek to offer some kind of Twitter curation ( include Twitter itself ) but Nuzzel seems to hit the right balance .
Parrot Read : Another shaft for tapping into the Twitter hive mind , this time focalise entirely on script recommendation . Parrot Readwill suggest some reading stuff based on who you ’re follow ( and what they ’re reading ) and it works rather well .
Spoiler Shield : Out of all the anti - spoiler prick out there , Spoiler Shieldis one of the very best , and it works over the web , Android , and iOS . Straightforward toggle switches allow you block popular types of depicted object on Twitter , and you may divulge lug posts if necessary . Do n’t want to see anything about Game of Thrones ? Just switch all mentions of it off .
Twitter champion : You may remember the brouhaha over Twitter switching from stars to heart for its favorites . Well , withTwitter Starsfor Chrome , you could bring them back . If you want to apply a unlike emoji in all , thenall you need are a few extra line of codification .
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