What is PolitEcho?
PolitEcho is a social & communication chrome extension. it's a free extension , it has 8,000+ active users since released its first version, it earns an average rating of 3.48 from 29 rated user, last update is 2614 days ago.
What’s new in version 1.0.4?
Is your news feed a bubble?
Find out how polarizing the content on your news feed is when compared to your friends as a whole.
What is PolitEcho?
PolitEcho shows you the political biases of your Facebook friends and news feed. The app assigns each of your friends a score based on our prediction of their political leanings then displays a graph of your friend list. Then it calculates the political bias in the content of your news feed and compares it with the bias of your friends list to highlight possible differences between the two.
How do I use it?
PolitEcho is a Google Chrome extension. Click on the button above to find PolitEcho’s Google Chrome store page and click the “Add to Chrome” button to install PolitEcho on your computer. Once it is installed, simply log into Facebook and click on the PolitEcho icon in your navigation bar to get started.
What does PolitEcho do with my Facebook data?
PolitEcho never sends your personal information to any external services, and your results stay private unless you choose to share them publicly. PolitEcho will need to look up some basic information from your news feed and friends list. In particular, it will examine what pages your friends have liked to estimate their political leaning and the sources for the posts on your news feed to figure out the relative bias of your news feed. All processing is done client-side, so data never leaves your computer.
How does the political analysis work?
Your friends' political ratings are based on the political Facebook pages they like. We compare your friends liked pages to a database of Facebook pages that have been rated for their liberal/conservative bias and then compute a score based on any matches. Hovering over a person's data point will show you the reasoning behind the app's prediction.
PolitEcho is open source, check out the code at https://github.com/politecho/politecho
Created by Sunny He, Zachary Liu, Vivian Mo, and Jonathan Zong at Facebook Global Hackathon Finals 2016.
Contact us at [email protected].
How to install PolitEcho?
You could download the latest version crx file or older version files and install it.
Preview of PolitEcho
Technical Features:
- Latest Version: 1.0.4
- Requirements: Windows Chrome, Mac Chrome
- License: Free
- Latest update: Monday, March 20th, 2017
- Author: PolitEcho
PolitEcho Available languages:
English (United States).
FAQ
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What about others talk about politecho chrome extension?
38% user give 5-star rating, 13% user give 4-star rating, 38% user give 2-star rating, 13% user give 1-star rating. Read reviews of politecho
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How could i get help if there is something wrong with politecho chrome extension?
You could find more help information from politecho support page.
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How could i contact the developer of politecho chrome extension?
You could send emails to publisher, or check publisher's website.
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What are the required permissions for extensions?
- tabs
- https://*.facebook.com/*
- storage
More about manifest_file of politecho.
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How could i report abuse of politecho chrome extension?
You could click to report abuse of politecho.
Reviews of politecho:
LEANED LEFT!!! THEN STOPPED WORKING- GEEZE EVERYTHING IS LIBERAL ON CHROME EXTENSIONS!
Loved it when it worked. Has stopped working recently and no answer from developer.
It's a neat extension at most. Don't take it seriously or you're gonna shove yourself into a bubble very quickly.