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Life & fun · November 15, 2011

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my first Chrome extension (PenaltyBlox)

Whether it is a designer ultra-tweeting about some conference she is at or a venture capitalist intensely describing his pursuit of the always-elusive "inbox zero", sometimes you just want to mute someone you follow on Twitter. This extensions allows you to do just that. You can easily put accounts that you follow in the penalty box, where they will be silenced and feel shame. When you have deemed their sins absolved, you can let them out, free to fill your Twitter stream again. Download: http://bit.ly/u1giXH Read About: http://bit.ly/tdqX6y Source: http://bit.ly/tmxvf1

my first Chrome extension (PenaltyBlox) launched on November 15, 2011 with 8 votes, #78 of 264 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was not reachable when checked in September 2026.

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