Reality Check

Hi everyone! For years I’ve been obsessed with one question: why does the internet feel more chaotic, polluted, and unreliable every year — despite all the “smart” algorithms we keep adding? At some point it clicked for me: the browser — the thing we all use to access the web — is a one-way display with no independent feedback loop. Platforms control every signal: likes, dislikes, comments, visibility, credibility. Users have zero ownership over truth or context. Once you notice it, you can’t unsee it. Hidden dislike counters, disabled comments, engagement-bait nonsense, AI spam, misinformation loops… all symptoms of the same structural flaw. So my team and I built something that adds back the missing layer. Reality Check is a browser extension that gives the internet an independent “truth & sentiment layer” — outside the control of any platform. The part that still surprises me the most is how simple it feels in practice: you open any post or video, and suddenly you can see the real like/dislike ratio, you can comment even when comments are disabled, you can view fact-checks right on top of content, and you can rate any website for safety or credibility. It’s like the browser finally talks back. What I personally love is watching the “real signal” emerge — especially when platforms hide or distort it. When a sketchy video shows 10K likes but RC reveals a 30% like ratio… it changes the whole experience. Same with comments: conversations come back to posts where platforms tried to shut them down. Our hope is that this becomes a small but powerful step toward a healthier, more honest web — driven by users, not algorithms. If any part of this resonates, I’d love for you to try it, break it, challenge it, and tell us what you think. Thanks for checking it out — and for caring about the state of the internet ❤️ Here’s my detailed manifesto on what’s broken on the internet — and how we can actually fix it: https://reality-check.info/fixin...