Replaces hyberbolic headlines from bombastic viral websites with a slightly more realistic version.

Latest Version

Version
0.0.8
Update
February 19, 2014
Size
27.97KiB
Developer
www.snipe.net
Category
Users
1,000+
Rating
4.24107 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English (United States)
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Permissions
Storage
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Downworthy Extension

Downworthy replaces hyberbolic headlines from bombastic viral websites with a slightly more realistic version. \"Literally\" becomes \"figuratively\", \"Will Blow Your Mind\" becomes \"Might Perhaps Mildly Entertain You For a Moment\", and so on. Visit the website at downworthy.snipe.net for more info.
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx",\t"manifest_version": 2,\t"name": "Downworthy",\t"version": "0.0.8",\t"description": "Replaces hyberbolic headlines from bombastic viral websites with a slightly more realistic version.",\t"permissions": [\t "storage"\t],\t\t"background": \t{ \t"page": "background.html"\t},\t\t"content_scripts": \t[\t\t{\t\t\t"matches": ["*://*/*"],\t\t\t"js": ["content_script.js"],\t\t\t"run_at": "document_end"\t\t}\t],\t\t"icons": \t{ \t\t"16": "images/icon16.png", "48": "images/icon48.png", "128": "images/icon128.png" }, "browser_action": { \t"default_icon": "images/icon19-on.png",\t\t"default_title": "Toggle Downworthy"\t}, "content_security_policy": "default-src 'none'; script-src 'self'", "options_page": "options.html"\t}
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User reviews

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Sheep (ID: 0000008cffc87004) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 03/29/2021 TOO UNDERRATED

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Rowan S (ID: 00000069056512f8) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 02/17/2017 Great for all my sarcastic needs in life.

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Cap’n rob (ID: 000000c0e2c293ad) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 01/21/2017 You won't believe what I did with this Chrome extension after I started using it ... oh wait, yeah you would ... I sent a link for it to all of my link forwarding friends

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Nick Dixon (ID: 0000002edf4ccc26) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 01/05/2017 Would be much improved if it could match case instead of always using sentence-case. Currently lower-case "literally" becomes "Figuratively". Would also benefit from an option to replace headlines only.

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Mr bourmoum abdennour (ID: 000000316b2a5033) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 09/19/2016 cvvvv