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As more, and more people are installing plugins just to hide comments, I can't see this going well.

brightball 10y ago
I feel conflicted right now. On the one hand, I'm really happy to know there are plugins that I wasn't aware of to disable comments. On the other hand, I learned about it from a comment...
- basseq 10y ago
  ... on a site where you come for the commentary. (And, by extension, that commentary is healthy and helpful.) Those comment-blocking plugins just keep you from being tempted to read the comments on other sites where the idiocy, toxicity, and trolling is just mind-boggling.
- overcast 10y ago
  Just give it a shot for a week, it's cathartic.
schiffern 10y ago
No need for an extra plugin even. Just a custom list for uBlock Origin: http://mute.bradconte.com/ http://mute.bradconte.com/
- overcast 10y ago
  What you just sent me is an extra plugin for Ad Block Plus. No where on that site are the words uBlock or Origin even mentioned. Edit: I see below what you're referring to. However I'd rather have a separate plugin where I can easily selectively turn it on(Hacker News).
  - c3833174 10y ago
    Because ad block plus is the de facto standard and ublock Origin is compatible with adblock plus subscriptions.
  - Spivak 10y ago
    Here's how to get this (or really any other list) added to uBlock Origin. * Navigate to the uBlock Dashboard > 3rd Party Filters > Custom. * Add the line: http://mute.bradconte.com/mute.txt http://mute.bradconte.com/mute.txt * Click `Parse` and the `Update`.
  - schiffern 10y ago
    Not a plugin (does uBlock / Adblock even have a concept of plugins?), but rather a simple blocklist. Just checked, and this list doesn't block comments on hacker news or reddit, just like it doesn't block the wall on facebook or posts on a forum. It would be pointless, because the whole point of those [social] sites is the comments. I prefer this way because uBlock Origin is already installed and is quite lightweight, so the incremental performance hit is less. I can see your point about UI convenience too. Everyone has their own priorities! I mostly use it for blocking comments on news and video sites [in my experience typically 99% noise]. Whitelists can be added for individual sites, in the same way that any blocking rule can be whitelisted with custom filter rules.
- gorhill 10y ago
  Another solution is to use uBO's "firewall" to block disqus.com everywhere, and to enable (temporarily or permanently) on a per-site basis where needed with a mere point-and-click interface.[1] [1] An example using facebook.com, can be applied to disqus.com or any ubiquitous 3rd-party out there: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-to-easily-reduce-privacy-exposure https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-to...

I feel conflicted right now. On the one hand, I'm really happy to know there are plugins that I wasn't aware of to disable comments. On the other hand, I learned about it from a comment...

basseq 10y ago
... on a site where you come for the commentary. (And, by extension, that commentary is healthy and helpful.) Those comment-blocking plugins just keep you from being tempted to read the comments on other sites where the idiocy, toxicity, and trolling is just mind-boggling.
overcast 10y ago
Just give it a shot for a week, it's cathartic.

schiffern 10y ago

No need for an extra plugin even. Just a custom list for uBlock Origin: http://mute.bradconte.com/ http://mute.bradconte.com/

overcast 10y ago
What you just sent me is an extra plugin for Ad Block Plus. No where on that site are the words uBlock or Origin even mentioned. Edit: I see below what you're referring to. However I'd rather have a separate plugin where I can easily selectively turn it on(Hacker News).
- c3833174 10y ago
  Because ad block plus is the de facto standard and ublock Origin is compatible with adblock plus subscriptions.
- Spivak 10y ago
  Here's how to get this (or really any other list) added to uBlock Origin. * Navigate to the uBlock Dashboard > 3rd Party Filters > Custom. * Add the line: http://mute.bradconte.com/mute.txt http://mute.bradconte.com/mute.txt * Click `Parse` and the `Update`.
- schiffern 10y ago
  Not a plugin (does uBlock / Adblock even have a concept of plugins?), but rather a simple blocklist. Just checked, and this list doesn't block comments on hacker news or reddit, just like it doesn't block the wall on facebook or posts on a forum. It would be pointless, because the whole point of those [social] sites is the comments. I prefer this way because uBlock Origin is already installed and is quite lightweight, so the incremental performance hit is less. I can see your point about UI convenience too. Everyone has their own priorities! I mostly use it for blocking comments on news and video sites [in my experience typically 99% noise]. Whitelists can be added for individual sites, in the same way that any blocking rule can be whitelisted with custom filter rules.
gorhill 10y ago
Another solution is to use uBO's "firewall" to block disqus.com everywhere, and to enable (temporarily or permanently) on a per-site basis where needed with a mere point-and-click interface.[1] [1] An example using facebook.com, can be applied to disqus.com or any ubiquitous 3rd-party out there: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-to-easily-reduce-privacy-exposure https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-to...