Comment Blocker for Google Chrome mutes the trolls (and everyone else)
So you just hunkered down to read a glorious thousand-word epic about why the Web loves cats -- only to find yourself staring at hundreds of comments which ruined your reading experience with their harshness. If only you'd had some sort of filter for your browser which could hide those sections so you could read in peace!
There's shutup.css, which automatically blocks comments on every site it supports -- but for Chrome users, Comment Blocker is a much more flexible option. It not only blocks comment sections on most sites, but it also allows you to whitelist or blacklist URLs -- either individually, using the black and white buttons above, or by creating filter patterns in the Comment Blocker options.
And that's not where the configuration ends -- not by a long shot! You can set up a personalized hotkey to activate and deactivate the blocker, hide, collapse, or replace comments with a predefined phrase like "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!"
Comment Blocker also automatically remembers which sites you've blocked during the current session and keeps them blocked until you restart your browser.
Really, Comment Blocker is a lot like AdBlock for comments, and it's every bit as effective and flexible. It's a must-have Chrome extension for users who enjoy Web-based reading with minimal interference.
There's shutup.css, which automatically blocks comments on every site it supports -- but for Chrome users, Comment Blocker is a much more flexible option. It not only blocks comment sections on most sites, but it also allows you to whitelist or blacklist URLs -- either individually, using the black and white buttons above, or by creating filter patterns in the Comment Blocker options.
And that's not where the configuration ends -- not by a long shot! You can set up a personalized hotkey to activate and deactivate the blocker, hide, collapse, or replace comments with a predefined phrase like "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!"Comment Blocker also automatically remembers which sites you've blocked during the current session and keeps them blocked until you restart your browser.
Really, Comment Blocker is a lot like AdBlock for comments, and it's every bit as effective and flexible. It's a must-have Chrome extension for users who enjoy Web-based reading with minimal interference.














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Subscribe to commentsCougar AbogadoOct 22nd 2010 10:21AM
I guess this comment is unlikely to be read, on the other hand, how do trolling comments (and all the rest) interfere with a glorious article, if they come _after_ the body text and are, themselves, text? Is it because of the user pictures/icons or something else?
Maybe I'm simply failing to personally appreciate or identify with the particular agony, here. I mean, browsing with AdBlock turned "off" feels like walking on hot coals to me, yet I've failed to experience similar anguish spring from comments (that I can remember).
Anyone have some further explanation to help me grasp the pain (and must-have nature of the extension)?
DennyOct 22nd 2010 5:25PM
If you don't want to read comments, you just don't have to. It's not like comments jump at you while you're reading an article. But I guess there is always someone who would want this, I just don't see a need.