# Hacker News comments

> A little extension for marking good comments on a Hacker News post

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `hacker-news-comments`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Rob Hoelz
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 1.3
- **Last updated:** 2020-10-21
- **First published:** 2019-06-02
- **Size:** 12 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/hacker-news-comments/)

## Description

Hacker News comments is a Firefox add-on that allows users to mark and discover good comments on Hacker News posts. Enhance your browsing experience by easily identifying valuable insights on the platform.

## Rankings

- #100,098 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `menus`

### Content script matches

- `news.ycombinator.com`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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