What is Balancer?
Balancer is a news & weather chrome extension. it's a free extension , it has 156 active users since released its first version, it earns an average rating of 2.50 from 6 rated user, last update is 3252 days ago.
What’s new in version 0.6.4?
Balancer analyses your web browsing to show you the political slant of your reading history. If you get way out of balance, we may even give you reading suggestions.
HOW IT WORKS
Balancer classifies pages based on their address: does this source tend to get linked to by mostly liberals or conservatives? Is it regularly visited by liberals, conservatives, or a mix? This is imperfect, but in aggregate, it's pretty good.
YOU SHOULD KNOW
This is a research project. Balancer transmits a portion of your browsing history — sites matching a list of known news sites — to us. We do not ask for any personally identifiable information and cannot link your history back to you, only to your extension.
After you install the extension, you'll be asked to complete a brief (4 minute) survey. This helps us with our research. You may stop participation at any time by uninstalling the extension.
If you have questions, you can email us at [email protected].
How to install Balancer?
You could download the latest version crx file or older version files and install it.
Preview of Balancer
Technical Features:
- Latest Version: 0.6.4
- Requirements: Windows Chrome, Mac Chrome
- License: Free
- Latest update: Thursday, June 4th, 2015
- Author: Sean Munson
Balancer Available languages:
English (United States).
FAQ
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What about others talk about balancer chrome extension?
20% user give 4-star rating, 40% user give 3-star rating, 40% user give 2-star rating. Read reviews of balancer
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How could i get help if there is something wrong with balancer chrome extension?
You could find more help information from balancer support page.
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How could i contact the developer of balancer chrome extension?
You could send emails to publisher, or check publisher's website.
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What are the required permissions for extensions?
- http://www.balancestudy.org/*
- https://balancestudy.org/*
- http://balancestudy.org/*
- history
- tabs
- storage
More about manifest_file of balancer.
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How could i report abuse of balancer chrome extension?
You could click to report abuse of balancer.
Reviews of balancer:
It's a great idea but it's poorly executed. The conservative news suggestions are horrible. Breitbart, Rush Limbaugh, Human Events and Drudge are among the least credible political sites. Suggest instead WSJ, The American Conservative, National Review, Reason, etc. There's enough conservative outlets with integrity to not have to point viewers to journalism cancer.
Getting balanced information is more nuanced than this App allows. Many news sources, which many would consider unbiased, are considered to have liberal bias (and yes, the mainstream media does a pretty good job of keeping bias out of their reports). However, if you are interested in whether you are getting a balanced view of world events, and take the above into account, pretty good app.
I think it's getting more accurate the longer it's installed. At first it was leaning heavily right (even though I would rate such content visited at about 10%). However, it's been showing me mostly balanced for the past week or so.