Mute is a tool for social media that blocks out words pre-selected words so you don’t have to see them anymore. For example, if you’re unhappy with the amount of news you see about a certain politician, use Mute to block tweets or social media statuses that use their name. Use on Facebook and Twitter to stop the overcrowding of news related to certain subjects. Furthermore, you can download the Chrome extension to blacklist pages on your newsfeed to prevent seeing news about a certain topic or headline. Check out the top 100 to see which words you can block and you’ll be happy to see the number of related news stories decrease.