with the new guidlines of what is considered transphobic or not this extension has become functionally useless for social media so i've stopped using it. not to mention that even before the change of guidelines people were marked green for no reason. my main tumblr account is marked green and i dont even talk abt trans topics on there, all ive done is reblog gofundmes of trans women a couple times which shouldnt be enough to mark someone as green.
the extension works well for news websites though.

Recent infighting has made this extension far less reliable. Trans people mark other trans people red for petty reasons constantly. It's really frustrating to have to gamble on if a red name is gonna have literal hate speech when you double check or if they just got into a fight with the wrong person.

I still think it's worth using, but you can't take any highlights at face value. You have to verify for yourself (which means you have to expose yourself to transphobia a whole lot). Better than nothing, but I really wish it wasn't treated like it's infallible. It's not.

Used to be good but now people are using this extension for completely stupid reasons such as marking other trans people and intersex people as 'anti-trans' for the crime of- *checks notes* talking about their own experiences?

I won't stop using this extension as it can be useful- but I may take that back if stuff like this continues.

I used to love this extension, unfortunately the developer(s) are now radfems and it has become basically useless and sometimes even actively harmful if you aren't one.

If you want to see proof of this, just look at the guidelines on this extensions homepage. "Theyfab", an anti-trans slur directed at afab nonbinary folks and even trans men (which is also notably misgendering) doesn't count as transphobic, but "AFAB trans woman" an identity most commonly held by intersex women apparently DOES count.

Why they are so against intersex, transmasculine, and nonbinary people is beyond me, but maybe that's because I don't participate in chronically online infighting and actually listen to trans and intersex people when they talk about their own oppression rather speaking over others in community trying to talk about theirs.

Edit: Also I looked through some other reviews and if you scroll far enough the developer has said some absolutely vile, disgusting radfem shit, including:

-Saying intersex trans woman are aligned with TERFs and appropriating trans women (read: appropriating 'real' women)

-Saying "binary trans woman" is disparaging against trans women who transition (read: transitioning == binary, and not transitioning == not a real woman)

-Replying to a review mentioning that trans men talking about their own issues have been falsely flagged red with 'promoting anti-trans values will get you flagged', (read: if you're a trans man stfu or else you're a terf)

So there's more proof the dev just blatantly fucking hates intersex people, nonbinaries, and trans men. While we're at it given the amount of trans bipoc I've seen falsely flagged it's also become a tool for white supremacy (though that's pretty much standard for radical feminists). All the more reason I have gladly uninstalled this thing. Hope there's a trans-friendly fork!

I used to love using Shinigami Eyes as it was incredibly helpful, but it's turned into infighting slop lately and shows no signs of getting better. People simply speaking on their experiences or supporting all transgender people are being marked as transphobic while actual transphobia is getting pushed aside as just fine, actually. It's sad, honestly. Trans men and Intersex people are especially being hit hard—Something that brings me great concern for my transgender siblings.

used to be great but now it just marks anyone talking about intersexism and transphobia directed at transmasc people or non binary people as transphobic, completely defeating its purpose :/

unfortunately cannot trust this extension to actually point out transphobes and terfs as it now also marks intersex and certain trans men who speak about their experience as transphobic.

Used to be good, but the mods support intersexism and transmisandry, supporting marking those talking about these issues as red. Their guidelines are also specifically okay with ace-phobia and racism. Borderline useless extension now.

Brigading has always been a problem with user-generated report systems, but this one was supposed to be better because of human validation of the input. The number of pro-trans sources marked as anti-trans for spurious reasons would show their "trustworthiness criteria" isn't the protective measure it's made out to be anymore.

ETA: Seems it is largely because it is abandoned. I can understand why the upkeep of such an extension would be taxing and hard to continue. It's just worth knowing this is not what it used to be, the brigades have taken over.

ive used this add-on for an incredibly long time. it was useful, especially for news sources. however, you see it most used, of course, on social media.

originally the guide for this extension was that it was not for "infighting". i have my own issues with what was considered "infighting" vs "real transphobia", and was willing to extend the benefit of the doubt. it has become obvious that is no longer the case. regardless of your opinions on "the discourse", the latest swathes of trans and/or intersex people being marked red for no discernible reason other than *checks notes* being "special snowflakes"?????? for talking about their oppression? for being upset at being called 4chan slurs? well. it's obviously lost its appeal.

the extension is now completely useless. it is being used to mark out who the developers think are on the "right side" rather than a helpful indicator of an institution's beliefs. don't waste your time.

EDIT: because I have been seeing the developer replies, no intersex trans women or transfems assigned female at birth literally call themselves "AFAB transfem" including the AGAB in the identity. **But it is something they could be, and thats worth talking about** any intersex transfem online could have an F on her birth certificate and had to transition to live as a woman due to intersex puberty & even forceful reassignment in childhood. As an XtM intersex man I support my XtF intersex sisters. (X in this case because plenty of intersex people consider categorizing their bodies as M/F pre-transition to be inaccurate to their physiology, not because they were literally assigned X) cisgender and transgender weren't made for us. The only way we can use these terms to express our lived experiences is to use them "incorrectly", and frankly, intersex people's labels aren't something you get a say on if you are perisex. Good day.

I used to use this as a great resource to determine which publications were trustworthy on trans issues, until it was wrongfully used against me because a handful of people disliked my demands for proper intersex inclusion.

I am an intersex activist who often talks about my struggles feeling welcome in the trans community, and about the way non-intersex trans folks could be better allies to us and our community. I run a blog where I spread useful and important information about intersex issues, I boost trans voices, and I all around am very passionate in my fight for the liberation of sex variant people of all sort. I'm against binary categorization of both gender and "biological sex". I talk about the ways in which intersex people often have "confusing" identities, I myself would consider myself cis and trans simultaneously; an identity that is incredibly connected to my messy intersex socialization. This seems to be the reason I was marked anti-trans, under the idea that my actual lived experience as an intersex person is an ""obvious troll identity"",

I've been marked red. In a conscious and calculated attempt to keep my voice as an intersex person away from trans people, my natural allies, who need to hear it the most. Good idea for an extension, terrible execution.

Really getting quite frustrated that myself and my friends are ranked as 'trans unfriendly' because we have the audacity to say that trans men experience oppression, while not saying anything negative about any other trans person. This is not a tool for helping you avoid transphobes as advertised. They even don't include slurs used against nonbinary people (such as 'theyfab') in their criteria for being 'trans unfriendly'.

EDIT: Also forgot to mention, there is a lot of intersexism in the guidelines, citing the way that intersex people talk about their oppression - which would help liberate trans people also - as inherently transphobic. I don't like using this term, really, but this is not an add-on for helping you weed out transphobes, it is an app for helping you create a perisex (non-intersex) trans fem only echo chamber.

Seems to have little to no moderation. I keep seeing users who are marked red or green despite not fitting the guidelines described on the extension's website. It seems like it would be extremely easy for someone to abuse this.

Once a useful tool for avoiding transphobia online, now completely useless because the people in charge of deciding who is marked red and who is marked green are so caught up in intracommunity infighting that theyve started marking other trans people as unsafe, for reasons as trivial and insignificant as "dared to talk about their own experiences with transphobia in a way i didn't like". I frequently see people spewing the most vile, transphobic, indistinguishable-from-jk-rowling transphobia marked as green on shinigami eyes, but because its directed at trans men and nonbinary people, its A-OK! meanwhile the most trans-accepting people in the world are marked as red because they *don't* openly hate trans men and nonbinary people. The guidelines openly state that use of slurs originating from 4chan nazis specifically to refer to transmascs and nonbinary people are not enough to warrant being marked red. In which case, what's the point? Is this not intended to tell you who is and is not transphobic? How is "using transphobic slurs" not enough to warrant being marked transphobic? Truly a useless extension. But honestly, it was kind of doomed to fail from the beginning.

Honestly, while I use this add-on more to mark stuff myself, and it is useful for that; I cannot actively support the creator of it since she seems to be perfectly fine with transphobia directed at Trans men, mascs, and nonbinary people. And as well as fine with intersexism (sexism directed to intersex individuals). Several times this extension has marked people green who are spewing transphobic rhetoric of other trans people, but then mark red trans men and intersex people speaking to their own oppression and lived experiences. Genuinely, it is disheartening seeing a creator of what should be a trans friendly extension- be grossly transphobic and intersexist to the very people they claim to 'protect'.

Really disappointing that the creators of this extension seem to think slurs against trans men and mascs don’t actually count as transphobia and instead just call it “community infighting.” What is the point of an extension to mark people as transphobic if you’re going to create exceptions like that? Do you understand the message you’re sending - that it’s okay to be transphobic as long as it’s against the “right” kind of trans person? If you only care about transphobia as it affects trans women and fems, then say that. If you care about protecting all trans people from transphobes online, then please consider rethinking this slide towards radical feminism.

This used to be a really great way to easily avoid radfems and transmedicalists, but unfortunately now it's literally worse than useless, because the moderators have become radical feminists themselves, and have decided that viscious bigotry against trans people is actually okay, as long as they're trans men or nonbinary people, or even other trans women who aren't radfems!!

People who are literally advocating for all trans men to be forcibly detransitioned or to kill themsleves as "pennance for identifying as men" are marked green. But if you point out how horrific this behavior is, you're marked red.

Don't fucking bother.

Edit: Oh, and fuck you to the moderators for deciding that literal slurs against nonbinary people are perfectly fine and acceptable. Thanks for proving you don't care about literally anyone but yourselves.

Edit Nov 25 2024: Now the developer is literally just spamming every review pointing out this rampant bigotry with the exact same intersexist crap claiming that intersex people who are just trying to use words to describe their experiences are TERFs. The moderators are also claiming that "binary trans woman" is a slur equivalent to theyfab.

Yeah, don't bother with this extension unless you're just an intersexist, exorsexist, transandromisic bigot.

Because these days the only people this extension is serving are perisex trans women who hate every other trans person in existence. They'll even mark trans women who are not as violently hateful as they are red and pass it on through.

A few years ago, this add-on was reliably able to mark transphobes. These days, it's largely just spam, at least on the websites I use. On Wikipedia, it amounts to little more than a "No shit, Sherlock" (Wow, the Catholic Church is transphobic? I never woulda guessed). On tumblr, it has become a tool of the people who seek to divide the trans community. People who speak about issues faced by the intersex community, nonbinary community, or trans masculine community can get marked red despite saying nothing that is against trans people. This tool is now completely ineffective, and I cannot trust either the green or the red markings.

Edit: I dropped my review from 2 stars to 1 star. The reason is based on the comment the developer has been leaving on many complaints similar to mine. "Transmasculine, intersex and xenogender people are welcome. Just don't use "AFAB trans woman", as it forces trans women to use "AMAB" or "male", aligning your goal with that of TERFs." Transmasculine, intersex, and xenogender people are actively telling you that we are being made to feel UNWELCOME! All you're doing is saying "Well, you COULD come to this place where slurs against you are acceptable, where terms like 'theyfab' 'itfab' and 'afag' aren't enough to get you kicked out. You COULD come to this place where discussing your unique oppressions like your erasure from history and news reports and culture gets you marked as Bad. It's welcoming to you!"

It. Is. Not. Welcoming. We are not welcome to use this extension if we want to talk about our issues. If trans men just sit there and look pretty, then we're welcome. Wonder where we've heard that...