AntiFarm X (X Blue Check Hider)

An open-source browser extension for Chromium and Firefox that filters out posts and replies from paid "Blue Check" users on X (formerly Twitter).

Background & Motivation

Following the introduction of the revenue-sharing program on X, the platform has seen a significant increase in accounts utilizing the paid verification badge primarily for financial gain. This practice—often referred to as "engagement farming"—frequently involves posting low-effort content, clickbait, or irrelevant replies under popular threads to maximize impressions.

The result is a cluttered timeline and comment sections where organic, meaningful interactions are buried under spam. AntiFarm X was developed to address this issue. By automatically filtering out content from paid blue check accounts in your feed and replies, the extension helps restore a cleaner, more readable experience on X.

Features

• Specific Targeting (Paid Blue Checks Only) The extension distinguishes between different types of verification badges by inspecting the element's color properties. It strictly hides accounts with the standard blue verification badge. Official business accounts (Gold badges) and government/multilateral entities (Gray badges) remain visible, ensuring you do not miss relevant public interest information.

• Seamless Timeline Integration Instead of merely applying a display: none CSS rule to the tweet element—which often leaves large, empty spaces in the virtualized timeline—AntiFarm X removes the entire wrapper cell. This ensures your feed scrolls naturally without visual gaps.

• Profile Visibility Bypass The filtering is strictly limited to timelines, search results, and reply threads. If you navigate directly to a verified user's profile, their posts will be displayed normally, allowing you to view their content when you actively choose to do so.

• Custom Whitelist You can exclude specific accounts from the filter. By adding a username to your Whitelist via the extension popup, their content will remain visible everywhere on the platform, regardless of their verification status.

• Multilingual Support The extension natively supports English, Turkish, German, Japanese, French, Italian, and Spanish. It defaults to your browser's language and can be overridden manually from the popup interface.

• Minimalist Interface The settings popup features a clean, native-feeling design that automatically respects your operating system's light or dark mode preferences.

Installation Instructions

AntiFarm X is currently available for manual installation.

Google Chrome / Brave / Microsoft Edge / Opera

1. Download this repository as a ZIP file (Click the green Code button -> Download ZIP) and extract it.
2. Navigate to chrome://extensions/ (or opera://extensions/ if using Opera) in your browser.
3. Enable Developer mode (usually a toggle in the top right corner).
4. Click Load unpacked and select the extracted folder.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Download this repository as a ZIP file and extract it.
2. Navigate to about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox in your browser.
3. Click the Load Temporary Add-on... button.
4. Open the extracted folder and select the manifest.json file.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome. If you encounter any bugs, have feature requests, or wish to add support for a new language, please feel free to open an Issue or submit a Pull Request.

License Agreement

This software is provided for Non-Commercial use.

• You may not use this software, or any modifications of it, for commercial purposes.
• If you copy, modify, distribute, or publicly display this software or any derivative works, you must provide clear attribution to the original project.

For complete details, please refer to the LICENSE file.