Monday, March 2, 2015

This browser extension wants to stop you from tweeting something you'll regret


Twitter can be an innocuous journal of mundane thoughts, a breeding ground for unrestrained hate, or a place where people say really dumb things they will soon regret. A new browser extension wants to help you prevent that feeling of regret by making sure you never tweet the dumb thing in the first place.


The extension, created by Carnegie Mellon professor Paolo Pedercini, changes Twitter’s text field prompt from "What’s happening?" to "Remember: you are always one tweet away from being fired."




It's a dark, but true reminder. As tweets continue to...


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