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Filter engagement bait and politics from your X feed

Used an LLM to detect and hide engagement bait and political posts on his X timeline.

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danielpetho on Hacker News · 2025-01-06 · Project link

Written in our own words. Credit to the original author. Link checked 2026-10-14.

What they did

Used an LLM to detect and hide engagement bait and political posts on his X timeline.

Result (as claimed)

Released as a browser extension.

Tools they used

Llama 3.3GroqChrome extension

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  2. Share only what is needed

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  3. Review the plan

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  4. Check the result

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Goal: Filter engagement bait and politics from your X feed
What the original author did: Used an LLM to detect and hide engagement bait and political posts on his X timeline.
Reported result (as claimed by the author): Released as a browser extension.
Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42609151
Tools they used: Llama 3.3, Groq, Chrome extension
Category: Personal & life

Please:
1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like).
2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure.
3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data.
4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.

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