Hacker News Highlighter
A subtle indicator of popular posts on Hacker News
Hacker News Highlighter: Popular post indicator
Hacker News Highlighter is a Chrome extension that adds a small indicator to show the popularity of posts on Hacker News. Stay updated with the popular posts in a subtle way.
Extension stats
Rating: 3.67 
(3)
Creation date: 2013-03-19
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Size: 51.23K
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Extension summary
This extension adds a small indicator of a post's popularity on Hacker News.
Updates:
- Fix broken selection
- Even leaner build
- Loads as soon as DOM is ready.
User reviews
Use it daily, a great way to quickly view the best posts on HackerNews at any given time
by 
Tom Lynch, 2019-01-08
Tom Lynch, 2019-01-08Extension safety
Risk impact
Hacker News Highlighter requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Hacker News Highlighter has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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