Hides all the metrics on Facebook

Latest Version

Version
1.7.7
Update
July 23, 2019
Size
96.8KiB
Developer
bengrosser.com
Category
Users
2,000+
Rating
4.10811 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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Facebook Demetricator Extension

Facebook Demetricator is a Chrome extension that hides all the metrics on Facebook.

What are these metrics that it removes? The Facebook interface is filled with numbers.These numbers, or metrics, measure and present our social value and activity, enumerating friends, likes, comments, and more. Your friend count, the number of likes under a photo, how many messages you have waiting, etc...these are all Facebook metrics.

Facebook Demetricator allows you to hide (and show) these metrics. No longer is the focus on how *many* friends you have or on how *much* they like your status, but on *who* they are and *what* they said. Friend counts disappear. '16 people like this' becomes 'people like this'.

Through changes like these, Demetricator invites you to try the system without the numbers, to see how your experience is changed by their absence. Thus, with this extension I aim to disrupt the prescribed sociality these metrics produce, enabling a network society that isn't dependent on quantification.

For more information, please see http://bengrosser.com/projects/facebook-demetricator/
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "name": "Facebook Demetricator", "version": "1.7.7", "description": "Hides all the metrics on Facebook", "homepage_url": "http://bengrosser.com/projects/facebook-demetricator/", "manifest_version": 2, "icons": { "16": "fbd-logo-16.png", "48": "fbd-logo-48.png", "128": "fbd-logo-128.png" }, "content_scripts": [ { "matches": [ "*://*.facebook.com/*", "*://*.facebookcorewwwi.onion/*" ], "all_frames": true, "exclude_globs": [ "*://*.facebook.com/ai.php*", "*://*.facebook.com/ajax/*", "*://*.facebook.com/dialog/*", "*://*.facebook.com/xti.php*", "*://*.facebook.com/connect/*", "*://*.facebook.com/common/referer_frame.php", "*://developers.facebook.com/*", "*://code.facebook.com/*", "*://*.facebookcorewwwi.onion/ai.php*", "*://*.facebookcorewwwi.onion/ajax/*", "*://*.facebookcorewwwi.onion/dialog/*", "*://*.facebookcorewwwi.onion/connect/*", "*://*.facebookcorewwwi.onion/xti.php*", "*://*.facebookcorewwwi.onion/common/referer_frame.php", "*://developers.facebookcorewwwi.onion/xti.php*", "*://code.facebookcorewwwi.onion/xti.php*" ], "exclude_matches": [ "*://*.facebook.com/ai.php*", "*://*.facebook.com/ajax/*", "*://*.facebook.com/dialog/*", "*://*.facebook.com/xti.php*", "*://*.facebook.com/connect/*", "*://*.facebook.com/common/referer_frame.php", "*://developers.facebook.com/*", "*://code.facebook.com/*", "*://*.facebookcorewwwi.onion/ai.php*", "*://*.facebookcorewwwi.onion/ajax/*", "*://*.facebookcorewwwi.onion/dialog/*", "*://*.facebookcorewwwi.onion/connect/*", "*://*.facebookcorewwwi.onion/xti.php*", "*://*.facebookcorewwwi.onion/common/referer_frame.php", "*://developers.facebookcorewwwi.onion/xti.php*", "*://code.facebookcorewwwi.onion/xti.php*" ], "js": ["facebookdemetricator.user.js"] } ]}
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How to download and manually install Facebook Demetricator extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install Facebook Demetricator extensions for Chrome, you can search for them in the Chrome Web Store, clicking the "Add to Chrome" button, and following the straightforward process.

However, you may need to install Facebook Demetricator extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Facebook Demetricator extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download Facebook Demetricator extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a Facebook Demetricator extension for Chrome, don't worry, it's a simple process. Just follow these easy steps, and you will have your extension ready to use in no time.

Step 1: Download the Facebook Demetricator Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the Facebook Demetricator extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Facebook Demetricator extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Facebook Demetricator extension that contains all the data.

Step 2: Extract &Arrange Files

Once the file is downloaded, extract that file into its own folder. Similarly, give that extension files a permanent home. In other words, keep it in a folder that you don't accidentally delete it because these files will be needed to make that extension work.

Step 3: Go to the Chrome Extensions Page

Open Google Chrome and in the address bar, type chrome://extensions; it will open the Google Chrome extensions page. Make sure that "My extensions" is selected in the sidebar.

Step 4: Drag and Drop the Extension

Now, go to the folder where you extracted the Facebook Demetricator extension and drag &drop the extension file from there anywhere onto the extension page within Google Chrome.

Step 5: Complete the Installation

Once you drag and drop the extension file, follow the steps that Google Chrome takes you through. Similarly, if the extension file is of .crx file format, you will be required to review the permissions and then add the extension.

Now, you can manage that added extension as you would like to with any other Chrome extension that you added through Chrome Webstore. Its icon will also appear in the Google Chrome Menu on the right side of the address bar once you activate it.

Method 2: Download Facebook Demetricator extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install Facebook Demetricator extension manually, but the twist is that here, you install by enabling the developer mode option provided in Google Chrome. This mode is commonly used for testing extensions or running unpublished tools.

Step 1: Download the Facebook Demetricator extension file

Select and download the Facebook Demetricator extension by clicking the 'Download CRX' button on the website.

Step 2: Extract the downloaded contents

Convert the file to a ZIP file if it is in CRX format then extract the Facebook Demetricator extension zip file or folder that you downloaded. Make sure you extract it using the same folder name and keep it safely in another folder, so you don't delete it by mistake. The extracted folder will be needed to keep your Facebook Demetricator extension running.

Step 3: Open Chrome Extension Setting Page

In the address bar of Google Chrome, type chrome://extensions and open the Chrome Extension Page.

Step 4: Enable Developer Mode

After opening the Chrome Extension page, look at the top right side, and you will find the toggle option of "Developer mode."Simply enable that developer mode option.

Step 5: Load the Unpacked Extension

Once you enable the developer mode option, you will see the menu of Load Unpacked, Pack Extensions and Update. From that, select the option "Load unpacked."

Step 6: Select the Extension Folder

Once the pop-up opens upon clicking Load unpacked, select the Facebook Demetricator extension directory and click on the "Select Folder "button.

Step 7: Confirm and Install

After you select an extension folder of a Google Chrome extension you're installing manually, confirm its installation for the final time and let the installation complete.

Conclusion

Here we've made a step-by-step guide on How to manually install Facebook Demetricator extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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User reviews

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Sci (ID: 000000307d97695d) Voted 2 ★ - Updated 03/10/2022 Hi Ben, Would u update it anytime sooner? It's is non-fuctional now.

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David Chung (ID: 000000a5641fcf91) Voted 2 ★ - Updated 08/30/2021 downloaded the extension after reading about it in The Guardian 8/15, doesn't work (at least on Chrome for Mac)

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Colo H (ID: 00000040b252fa63) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 08/18/2021 Would love to try it but it isn't working at the moment.

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Erin Kuhn (ID: 000000d0669cdd03) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 12/15/2020 Good work! How do you get it to work with the new fb interface please?

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Rachel Orrell (ID: 0000000ab7b1557e) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 05/20/2019 The thing that really bugs me is it removes dates. Please add the ability to opt out of the obscuring of the dates (replacing them with "recently").