Preview "Popular" sort for the Following timeline in Twitter Web

README.md

1. Go to a page other than Home (e.g. Notifications)
2. Refresh the tab so you don't have any Home timeline Tweets cached
3. Paste the code from patch.js into the F12 developer Console
4. Your Following feed will now be sorted by "Popular" until you next refresh the tab

patch.js

void function () {
  const XMLHttpRequest_open = XMLHttpRequest.prototype.open
  XMLHttpRequest.prototype.open = function(method, url) {
    if (url.includes('/HomeLatestTimeline')) {
      if (method.toUpperCase() == 'GET') {
        let request = new URL(url)
        let params = new URLSearchParams(request.search)
        let variables = JSON.parse(decodeURIComponent(params.get('variables')))
        variables.enableRanking = true
        params.set('variables', JSON.stringify(variables))
        url = `${request.origin}${request.pathname}?${params.toString()}`
      } else {
        this._method = method.toUpperCase()
        this._url = url
      }
    }
    return XMLHttpRequest_open.apply(this, [method, url])
  }

  const XMLHttpRequest_send = XMLHttpRequest.prototype.send
  XMLHttpRequest.prototype.send = function(body) {
    if (body && this._method == 'POST' && this._url?.includes('/HomeLatestTimeline')) {
      try {
        let data = JSON.parse(body)
        if (data.variables != null && typeof data.variables == 'object') {
          data.variables.enableRanking = true
          body = JSON.stringify(data)
        }
      } catch (e) {
        // pass
      }
    }
    return XMLHttpRequest_send.apply(this, [body])
  }
}()