# Comment Barber

> This add-on makes it easier to focus on the topics you care about in comment threads.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/commentbarber](https://chrome-stats.com/d/commentbarber)

## Overview

- **ID:** `commentbarber`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Firefox user 12933349
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,social-communication
- **Version:** 1.2resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2017-04-01
- **Size:** 47 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/commentbarber/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/commentfilter/commentbarber/issues](https://github.com/commentfilter/commentbarber/issues)

## Description

Comment Barber is a Firefox add-on that makes it easier to focus on the topics you care about in comment threads. It allows you to add a star to comments from names on a whitelist and mute/hide comments from names on a blacklist.

## Rankings

- #139,549 — Overall
- #224 — comment

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension support email may not be valid

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/commentbarber)