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I highly recommend maintaining a blocklist of usernames. There's a ton of users posting drivel on this board and you won't remember all their names. Even somet

I highly recommend maintaining a blocklist of usernames. There's a ton of users posting drivel on this board and you won't remember all their names. Even something as simple as a uBlock Origin static filter like this will work: !!! Asshole maintains lists of people like he's a god https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33365189 news.ycombinator.com##.default:has(.hnuser[href$="=Arnavion"]) .comment > .commtext:style(color: #f6f6ef !important) That makes it so all comments by user Arnavion are colored with the default background color that HN uses, and are thus invisible. You'll be able to see the text if you really want to by selecting it, but resist the urge. The `!!!` line will remind you why you blocked them if you ever decide to relent / trim your list later. You'll also need: news.ycombinator.com##.commtext a:style(color: inherit !important) ... to hide links in those hidden comments. Apart from that, I recommend having showdead on because I've seen good comments get flagged just because they went against the groupthink of the timezone that happened to be on lunch at that moment, but that'll also display banned users, so you'll need: news.ycombinator.com##^.comtr:has(.comhead:has-text([banned])) ... to hide them again. Edit to reply to notrealhnuser's dead comment: >A lot easier with a user script where the names are an array rather than selector per user as you've shown. Yes, I wrote one such extension in https://gist.github.com/Arnavion/a6d68f5e1071ab3fa23fc614c661697b https://gist.github.com/Arnavion/a6d68f5e1071ab3fa23fc614c66... I don't use this myself any more since I already have uBO. Adding new entries isn't really a hassle since I just start by copy-pasting an existing one. But any option that you find convenient is fine. >Also I suggest `display:none` on the entire comment, username, etc. The problem is that HN does not lay out comment trees in nested HTML elements but as a flat list. So hiding a comment with `display: none` leaves its replies still visible, giving the impression that they're replying to the previous visible comment. But yes, if you're doing something dynamic with userscripts as you suggested, you could indeed write JS to detect all the nested replies and hide them too.

notrealhnuser 4y ago
thrown_22 4y ago
I find that assholes often provide some of the most useful commentary. A user on here who shall remain nameless is an idiot of the highest caliber in just about every topic _apart from the one she's an expert in_. If I block her then I lose all that useful commentary on that one specific topic which happens to be something I care about. Finding out that people you despise aren't wrong about everything is one step in growing up that I'm seeing fewer and fewer people make. That your outsourcing your mental stability to a computer should be a red flag. How do you deal with people who you dislike when they get into a position you can't ignore? Currently the choice seems to be scream at the sky/invade the capitol.
- Arnavion 4y ago
  >If I block her then I lose all that useful commentary on that one specific topic which happens to be something I care about. Yes, I have a few entries of that type. I have them as `color: #dddddd !important` so that they show up colored as flagged comments instead of being completely hidden. >That your outsourcing your mental stability to a computer should be a red flag. Absolutely. Blocking a person from your life is not a trivial decision. It dehumanizes them. You should make it only after exhausting all other options and understanding what it would feel like if it happened to you. >How do you deal with people who you dislike when they get into a position you can't ignore? That I have to deal with people I dislike in N situations doesn't mean I should accept that I have to deal with them in N + 1 situations.

notrealhnuser 4y ago

thrown_22 4y ago

I find that assholes often provide some of the most useful commentary. A user on here who shall remain nameless is an idiot of the highest caliber in just about every topic _apart from the one she's an expert in_. If I block her then I lose all that useful commentary on that one specific topic which happens to be something I care about. Finding out that people you despise aren't wrong about everything is one step in growing up that I'm seeing fewer and fewer people make. That your outsourcing your mental stability to a computer should be a red flag. How do you deal with people who you dislike when they get into a position you can't ignore? Currently the choice seems to be scream at the sky/invade the capitol.

Arnavion 4y ago
>If I block her then I lose all that useful commentary on that one specific topic which happens to be something I care about. Yes, I have a few entries of that type. I have them as `color: #dddddd !important` so that they show up colored as flagged comments instead of being completely hidden. >That your outsourcing your mental stability to a computer should be a red flag. Absolutely. Blocking a person from your life is not a trivial decision. It dehumanizes them. You should make it only after exhausting all other options and understanding what it would feel like if it happened to you. >How do you deal with people who you dislike when they get into a position you can't ignore? That I have to deal with people I dislike in N situations doesn't mean I should accept that I have to deal with them in N + 1 situations.