Facebook Demetricator
Hides all the metrics on Facebook
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/
Latest reviews
Hi Ben, Would u update it anytime sooner? It's is non-fuctional now.
Hi Ben, Would u update it anytime sooner? It's is non-fuctional now.
downloaded the extension after reading about it in The Guardian 8/15, doesn't work (at least on Chrome for Mac)
downloaded the extension after reading about it in The Guardian 8/15, doesn't work (at least on Chrome for Mac)
Would love to try it but it isn't working at the moment.
Would love to try it but it isn't working at the moment.
Good work! How do you get it to work with the new fb interface please?
Good work! How do you get it to work with the new fb interface please?
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").
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").
Hi! It's a very good idea, but right now (2019) it doesn't hide all the numbers. Is it possible to update it? thank you very much
Hi! It's a very good idea, but right now (2019) it doesn't hide all the numbers. Is it possible to update it? thank you very much
Works for me. Great tool. That said, it only removes the numbers, and not the like icons or names of people who liked it when scrolling posts. So there is still a bit of the "metric" and "measuring your social interactions" feel, even with the tool.
Works for me. Great tool. That said, it only removes the numbers, and not the like icons or names of people who liked it when scrolling posts. So there is still a bit of the "metric" and "measuring your social interactions" feel, even with the tool.
Brilliant idea. Very grateful for the extension. Wish there was such for YouTube!
Brilliant idea. Very grateful for the extension. Wish there was such for YouTube!
Doesnt work
Doesnt work
Cheers! I needed this. I am happy to see I am the only one trying to feed the soul and kill the FB-ego
Cheers! I needed this. I am happy to see I am the only one trying to feed the soul and kill the FB-ego
I would highly recommend the creator's website for his other projects!
I would highly recommend the creator's website for his other projects!
用FB不想因為誰按讚多 又有幾個通知要看而煩惱 建議可以裝一下 也不會因為哪邊文章按讚多數 在做比較
It did it's job well but now it's becom buggy since the introduction of reactions. The toggle has dissapeared and the number of comments is now shown regardless of the extension being turned on or not.
It did it's job well but now it's becom buggy since the introduction of reactions. The toggle has dissapeared and the number of comments is now shown regardless of the extension being turned on or not.
Genius idea! Facebook should make this an option for its users.
Genius idea! Facebook should make this an option for its users.
So there's a couple of small things this doesn't remove, but I like the idea of removing the mathematical part of social comparison which finds place on facebook everyday.
So there's a couple of small things this doesn't remove, but I like the idea of removing the mathematical part of social comparison which finds place on facebook everyday.
Works perfectly. Thanks!
Works perfectly. Thanks!
Genius!
Genius!
I am interested in the idea and will just have to see how it affects my relationship with social media. Great idea!
I am interested in the idea and will just have to see how it affects my relationship with social media. Great idea!
Awesome extension. Only one thing bothers me - I can't see if post was posted today or yesterday. There are many posts that are not relevant anymore on they other day.
Awesome extension. Only one thing bothers me - I can't see if post was posted today or yesterday. There are many posts that are not relevant anymore on they other day.
This is genius!!
This is genius!!
the upper collumn moves 1cm down if i activate the extension
the upper collumn moves 1cm down if i activate the extension
Beautiful! The add-on dramatically improves one's facebook experience.
Beautiful! The add-on dramatically improves one's facebook experience.
Very smart addon for Chrome. It changes radically facebook, in a good way.
Very smart addon for Chrome. It changes radically facebook, in a good way.
Seems a very good idea. I have a small issue with it on Google Chrome: The demetricator checkbox along with the profile, friends and home links are now under the blue bar, and not on the blue bar like they were previously. Anyway, good job for our peace of mind.
Seems a very good idea. I have a small issue with it on Google Chrome: The demetricator checkbox along with the profile, friends and home links are now under the blue bar, and not on the blue bar like they were previously. Anyway, good job for our peace of mind.
