Filters for HN?

Question

Feature enhancement request...Would you like settings in your HN profile to filter in/out:- article title keywords- article formats (e.g. [pdf], [video])- domains (e.g. github, youtube, twitter, theguardian)- submitter usernameSeems like the admirably minimal features of HN have been minimal and stable for some time, but do you want an upgrade?

Jason_Protell · Accepted Answer

I do not want an upgrade, I really appreciate the minimalism of the Hacker News website.

LinuxBender · Answer

Most if not all of this can already be done in uBlock Origin. uBlock is available for most browsers AFAIK [1] I should probably document some of the common filters since this comes up from time to time. There is a site that was going to host a lot of filters [2] but it does not appear to get updated.
[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UBlock_Origin
[2] - https://letsblock.it/filters/tag/hackernews

usgroup · Answer

A bit adjacent to the topic but I'd personally like to see the ratio of points to comments taken into consideration when ranking posts. I.e. higher ratios of points:comments should rank higher, with points:comments < 1 being the start of some kind of exponential down-ranking.

brudgers · Answer

[delayed]

pestatije · Answer

please get rid of karma, superfluous feature completely at odds with the "we are grown-ups" philosophy of HN

gearsyfounder · Answer

I'm actually in the process of working on something like it right now: https://filterhn.com/

eimrine · Answer

I would like to have a browser extension for that.