Ven

This extension is no longer available in the official store. Delisted on 2025-09-17.

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See political slant in your Facebook feed.

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Use Ven to view the walls of your echo chamber and read news outside of your filter bubble.

Ven shows you if news in your Facebook feed is typically shared by those who are Liberal or Conservative. It also lets you know while you browse.

Get Ven and become more aware of potential media biases wherever you are online.

Maya B 2018-02-08: https://medium.com/@ShafiqueRashid/how-does-ven-know-left-from-right-74643b855077 The developer's views of what is left or right are skewed. The left-of-moderate New York Times is given as "Far Left". Has this hack even heard of socialism or communism or The New Republic or any actual leftist news sources? Anyone who places the New Yorker as equally as left as Daily Kos doesn't understand spectrums. The Wall Street Journal article linked does a better job, but even there, the right side is consistently more prone to opinion rather than reportage. http://graphics.wsj.com/blue-feed-red-feed In short, don't waste your time. This app will make you stupid.
John Wang 2017-01-26: Awesome concept and execution!
Rebecca Tang 2017-01-24: Huge fan of this tool esp after the election and reading about how much our FB newsfeeds influenced our (my) opinions and expectations of others' opinions. SO interesting!!
Naim Rashid 2017-01-24: Love this extension - gives me some perspective when I am reading any article shared on facebook
Cyrus Stoller 2017-01-24: Simple extension that helps remind me of the political biases of the news that I'm reading! Highly recommended.

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