# Mute-a-Filter

> A filter for MetaFilter comments. Grays out text from commenters that harsh your time. Makes them easier for your eyes to skip over while remaining readable. Add users to your mute list on their profile page.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/mute-a-filter](https://chrome-stats.com/d/mute-a-filter)

## Overview

- **ID:** `mute-a-filter`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Emanuel Feld
- **Category:** social-communication,other
- **Daily users:** 50
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.7resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2018-07-02
- **Size:** 18 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/mute-a-filter/)

## Description

Mute-a-Filter is a Chrome extension designed to enhance your experience on MetaFilter by muting comments that detract from your time. This tool grays out the text from specific commenters you've muted, allowing their comments to remain visible for context but making them easier to skip visually. You can easily add users to your mute list directly from their profile pages. By providing a subtle filter rather than completely hiding comments, Mute-a-Filter helps you focus on meaningful discussions and reduces distractions without losing conversational flow.

## Rankings

- #16,092 — Overall
- #207 — film

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `*.metafilter.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low 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/mute-a-filter)