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Let's Block It
- m3Lith 3y agoOhh even a filter for dark mode on HN!
- arbitrage 3y agoOh wow, I can block already watched videos on youtube, at long long last. Thank you so much!
- SushiHippie 3y agoPrevious discussions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36585371 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36585371 (6 months ago, 292 points, 72 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30057442 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30057442 (Show HN, 2 years ago, 261 points, 83 comments)
- dang 3y agoThanks! Macroexpanded below. Current thread counts as a [dupe] because the page had significant attention within the last year. This is in the FAQ: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html. Reposts are fine after a year or so. A curated list of uBlock origin filters - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36585371 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36585371 - July 2023 (71 comments) Let’s Block It - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30826234 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30826234 - March 2022 (2 comments) Show HN: Let's Block It – Custom uBlock Origin Filters Made Easy - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30057442 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30057442 - Jan 2022 (82 comments)
- SushiHippie 3y agoMhm, for the first story I said 72 comments and that's what I see on this page[0] And for the last story I said 83 comments, that's also what I see at [0] Both of your comment counts are exactly one less than what I see and have written. Is this just a typo on your end, or do you really see one less comment than I do? [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=letsblock.it https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=letsblock.it
- dang 3y agoThat's probably because you have 'showdead' turned on in your profile. Since only a minority of readers turn that setting on, I only count live comments when posting 'related' links.
- SushiHippie 3y agoOh, that makes perfect sense, thank you
- HellDunkel 3y agoYES!!!!
- politelemon 3y agoThis is the HN dark mode template. I hadn't realized that UBO could be used as a way of modifying content on a page, I thought it was a content blocker. Is this an unintentional use of UBO? https://letsblock.it/filters/hackernews-darkmode https://letsblock.it/filters/hackernews-darkmode
- JoshTriplett 3y agoAs I understand it, uBlock Origin has support for modifying CSS because sometimes sites pull stunts like hiding/dimming all their content with CSS and then un-hiding it in a script that also shows ads, or similar mechanisms. Using it to add a dark mode is certainly an unintended use, but an impressive one.
- codetrotter 3y ago> Using it to add a dark mode is certainly an unintended use, but an impressive one. I agree. But now that I think about it, light mode is actually up there or even higher, in terms of things that my computer makes me see that I don’t want to see. Begone, light at night!
- politelemon 3y agoThanks for the explanation, that makes sense.
- heyoni 3y agoI believe so. It even has a tool for selecting elements you want to remove interactively.
- Vicinity9635 3y agoI've tried a bunch of them, but settled on Dark Reader https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/dark-reader/eimadpbcbfnmbkopoojfekhnkhdbieeh https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/dark-reader/eimadpb...
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- kikokikokiko 3y agoI'm conflicted about contributing to this repo. My Youtube experience is SO MUCH BETTER because of the filters I use on Ublock Origin, and I really fear that by sharing it publicly, I'll be helping the google salary slaves do the dirty job of making it impossible for me to block their algo and keep seeing only what I want to see over there. It's a cat and mouse game and we are the mouse, unfortunately.
- visarga 3y agoBy the next year you'll be prompting your LLM with what is allowed to pass. Seems like local LLMs will be embedded in phones, laptops, browsers and operating systems.
- forward1 3y agoYouTube has over 2 billion active users. uBlock origin has about 20 million, if we're being generous. That's literally 1%. It is safe to assume no one at Google or elsewhere cares about our filters, certainly not enough to play a "cat and mouse game".
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- thot_experiment 3y agoThis seems lovely, I have custom rules for a few things like this in uBlock already (blocking shorts and google contextual snippets) but having it all in one place with a dedicated tool seems great.
- L0in 3y agoNice too! Does anyone have any working rules for removing 'suggested post' and 'sponsored posts' on Facebook? The current ones i already have stopped working few weeks ago.
- kikokikokiko 3y agoFor some idiotic reason this repo has a specific rule that no rule pertaining to Facebook/Meta is allowed "since they are evil". So, being evil allows you to keep showing a terrible experience to it's users and you can't crowd source an escape route. It doesn't make any sense.
- codetrotter 3y agoIt makes perfect sense. The solution is to delete your Facebook account. No more annoyances from their site then :D (I still use Instagram and WhatsApp even tho I deleted my Fb ages ago. But hey, we’re only human after all.)
- L0in 3y agoI agree unless there are specific content from specific people that are only posted there and there's no alternative.
- L0in 3y agointeresting! didn't notice it. Wouldn't make more sense to have more rules about facebook/meta 'since they are evil?'
- codetrotter 3y agoBlock every element on their site :D (but set the body background color to black. I don’t want an all white screen to shine anyone in their face at night.)
- yorwba 3y agoWell... you can crowd-source an escape route by forking this repo, adding Facebook-specific filters and "@"ing everyone who had their issue on the original repo closed as "out of scope" because of that rule, to let them know about your new alternative. It's work, though. And because I don't use Facebook, I'm not going to do it.
- alganet 3y agoI like the tool. I would remove the example on the nebula service, that channel is a real creator. Add any oficial nebula channel as example for the blocklist instead. Don't screw one guy just for the sake of it, it's not a nice move.
- Y_Y 3y agoIn their defense, I use Nebula a lot and I have specifically wondered "how can I block Rene Ritchie?". I'm sure he's a good person and has his own fans, but he covers Apple stuff I don't care about and had particularly egregious "YouTube face" thumbnails that really grind my gears.
- amanzi 3y agoAargh... the "YouTube face"! On YouTube I use the "Don't recommend channel" feature for anyone who shows up in my feed with those faces. Still amazes me how widespread this is - I recently looked up some lawn care videos on Youtube and then I started to see these "YouTube face" thumbnails from gardeners show up in my feed. It's like all aspiring YouTubers are reading the same advice for getting views, regardless of age, demographic, or subject?
- andirk 3y agoThis is a good example of just doing what's popular instead of A/B testing. Or a good example of the analytics showing the ridiculous wins out over the reasonable. I too avoid clicking links with Youtube Face. Why would someone be pointing at their own thumbnail? With a shocked expression.
- dspillett 3y ago> Still amazes me how widespread this is It works⁰ surprisingly well for a range of target audiences – I've seen a few proper tests of the effect. > It's like all aspiring YouTubers are reading the same advice for getting views, regardless of age, demographic, or subject? While it won't work that well for all channels, it is unlikely to put off enough people¹ that it is worth a try just in case. Also, some do it just because it is current fashion, or because that is currently the default and they lack an original thought in thumbnail making², rather than thinking there is any other benefit. ---- [0] gets more clicks than thumbnails without [1] those, like you and I, who dislike it enough for it to make us simply click away, are apparently rare enough that losing us is not a big problem [2] because that sort of marketing isn't their game, and they don't want it to be more than it has to be
- deanCommie 3y agoListing specific creators as examples to block on https://letsblock.it/filters/nebula-creators https://letsblock.it/filters/nebula-creators is leaving a bad taste in my mouth. One could illustrate this example with some fake creators. Dunking on individual creators, especially on a platform outside of the Big Tech sphere feels mean-spirited.
- xvello 3y agoProject maintainer here, thanks for the feedback. For context, this template was created two years ago when that creator's videos filled almost 20% of the Nebula timeline and "How do I hide his videos?" questions were a monthly occurrence on forums. I agree in retrospect that it was a petty move, and I deleted the default values today, as the project now works fine without default values.
- deanCommie 3y agoThank you for being receptive to the feedback, and acting accordingly! <3
- sixothree 3y agoWhy do I need an account for this?
- Rucadi 3y agoI just checked, you don't need one, if you go to the filters section you can just copy it from there
- Vicinity9635 3y ago[dead]
- ruined 3y agoublock origin already provides an element zapper, and lists to delete annoyances. you just have to check the box to enable them. go look at your settings it's right there
- snappysnap 3y agoThe benefit of this would be the community curation so that everyone benefits.
- jesusofnazarath 3y ago[dead]
- donatj 3y agoI only mean this half sarcastically - enough people watch Nebula to justify a filter?
- forward1 3y agoI just want to point out this entire site works and appears 100% functional WITHOUT Javascript. This is worthy of recognition - bravo!
- xvello 3y agoProject maintainer here, thanks for the feedback! It's indeed all rendered server-side with progressive enhancement, as javascript was intended to be used. Happy to read that this work is not in vain!
- choppaface 3y agoThis is cool, tho I wonder with multi-modal LLMs we can now create full-blown Adnix http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/content.asp?Bnum=2223 http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/content.asp?Bnum=2223
- officeplant 3y ago>remove pintrest from search results< These people are god damn heroes.
- andirk 3y agoOther products that do search results filtering seem to often use Pinterest as an example haha! My fave filter is w3schools . Brave Search Goggles https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31837986 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31837986 Filter via Chrome https://support.google.com/websearch/thread/166168236/how-can-i-block-websites-from-my-chrome-search-results?hl=en https://support.google.com/websearch/thread/166168236/how-ca... Kagi Lenses https://help.kagi.com/kagi/features/lenses.html https://help.kagi.com/kagi/features/lenses.html
- freedomben 3y agoInteresting that Kagi is listed as available for blocking results. Interesting because Kagi already has a first-class feature for managing that sort of thing. Is there something this can do that Kagi can't that I'm missing? This would replace the requirement to configure it in Kagi which is a plus.
- warkdarrior 3y agoGenerally I prefer to do as much as possible in the browser (my user agent) without relying on the website (Kagi, etc.) providing the right filtering techniques I want.
- xvello 3y agoHeya, project maintainer here! Adding Kagi support in https://letsblock.it/filters/search-results https://letsblock.it/filters/search-results was an easy lift, and it allows to use the filtering presets that are available at the bottom of the template. It also allows you to bring your blocklist in and out as you transition between search engines.
- M95D 3y agoAt this point, the web is such a mess that a blocker is like trying to stop military drones with a water pistol. What we need now is a content extractor.
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