# Hacker News Blocklist

> This extension allows you to block users on Hacker News.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/hacker-news-blocklist](https://chrome-stats.com/d/hacker-news-blocklist)

## Overview

- **ID:** `hacker-news-blocklist`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** jhkmnl
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Version:** 2.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2023-03-02
- **First published:** 2023-03-01
- **Size:** 588 KB
- **Data as of:** 2023-12-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/hacker-news-blocklist/)
- **Website:** [https://go.minortom.net/Ydf](https://go.minortom.net/Ydf)

## Description

Hacker News Blocklist is a Firefox add-on that allows you to block users on Hacker News. Hide comments by specific users with the click of a button. The blocklist is synced using Firefox Sync if enabled.

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `http://news.ycombinator.com/*`
- `https://news.ycombinator.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `news.ycombinator.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.
- This extension is not longer available in the store

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