How To Remove Twitter’s “Who to Follow” Feature

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Recently, Twitter has launched a new feature in its web version alike Facebook which suggest you some tweeps to follow from your account. Some people find it annoying and useless as they are not getting the correct recommendation. I have found a way to remove those suggestion from that page. I am listing down this method for 3 browser which I have found as below. Hope you all will like this article and do share your views. Enjoy!

This trick works on extension and add-ons. Its different method for all 3 browsers as I have found and working to the best of my knowledge.

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For Internet Explorer Users

* Install IE7Pro add-on and run Internet Explorer
* Goto Tools > IE7 Pro Preferences
* Select AdBlock under Modules and click on Ok.
* Restart the Internet Explorer and select IE7 Pro Preferences from the Tools menu.
* Go to AdBlocker from the list menu on the left
* In the Filter Type dropdown list, select Div Filter and click Add Filter.
* Paste “recommended_users” (no quotes) in the Rule line. Click Add
* Once again click on Add Filter.
* Paste “recommended-similar-users” (no quotes) in the Rule line. Click Add.
* Click Ok and refresh your Twitter page.
* No more “who to follow” suggestions!

For FireFox Users

* Install AdBlock Plus and open your Twitter page.
* Click on the arrow on the right of the AdBlock Icon and select Preferences from the dropdown list.
* Click Add Filter and paste this string: ##*#recommended-similar-users
* Once again click on Add Filter and paste this string: ##*#recommended_users
* Click OK and refresh your Twitter!

For Chromium (Linux) or Chrome (Windows) Users

* Install AdBlock
* Goto Extensions from the Tools menu
* Select AdBlock and goto its Options
* Goto Blacklist tab and edit it and add the 2 lines as below
* In Blacklist box, Add: twitter.com##div[id="recommended_users"]
* In Blacklist box, Add: twitter.com##div[id="recommended-similar-users"]
* Click on Save and you’re done!

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