Content Farm Blocker

Preventing to open content farm by mistake

The Content Farm Blocker Chrome extension is designed for users who want to avoid content farms and prevent accidentally opening low-quality content sites. By installing this extension, you can automatically block known content farm websites, improving your browsing experience and saving time.

Key features include automatic blocking of content farms, easy reporting of new content farms to update the blocklist, and open-source transparency through its GitHub repository. The extension helps maintain focus on quality content by filtering out unwanted, clickbait-style websites.

For more information and community updates, visit the project site on Facebook. You can also view the source code on GitHub or report new content farms through the Google form.

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By:: Ben Lau
Users:: 40,000+
Rating:: 4.84
(378)
Version:: 0.5.0 (Last updated: 2024-05-14)
Creation date:: 2017-11-29
Risk:: Moderate risk impact Very low risk likelihood
Permissions:: tabs
declarativeNetRequest
storage
Size:: 49.42K
Email:: xb*****@gmail.com
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Chrome Web Store
Updated:: a day ago

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# 3,905 ▲ 27

Other rankings

#888 in Social Networking ▼ 1 #272 in website blocker keyword 59 ▲ 25

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User reviews

Content Farm Blocker is praised for simplifying the blocking of annoying content farms and improving browsing experience, with users finding it practical and easy to use. However, multiple reviews highlight its limited blacklist that misses new or less common farms, and a lack of in-extension tools for adding or managing blocked sites. Users desire features like direct filtering in search results, regular blacklist updates, and community-driven list sharing, which could enhance its overall effectiveness.

Pros

Effectively blocks some content farms and reduces exposure to low-quality or spammy websites.
Simple, convenient, and easy to use as a browser extension.
Helps users avoid annoying or misleading ads and redirect pages linked to content farms.
Has a good concept and receives positive user appreciation for addressing a common web nuisance.
Allows community collaboration for managing blocked sites, with suggestions for improvement.

Cons

Blocks only a basic or limited set of content farms; many new or updated farms are not blocked.
Lacks an easy way in the user interface to add custom websites or manage block lists.
Does not filter directly in search results; users still have to click links to discover if they lead to content farms.
No automatic or regular synchronization of blacklists, leading to delayed updates and less effective blocking.
Missing features like reporting or flagging suspicious sites by users, and a grand repository of managed lists.

Recent reviews

it was Chinese at first glance but hey. that ain't half bad.

Iyad, 2025-02-04

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Lin Zhuang, 2023-07-12

This is good but, there needs to be a way to add websites to the farm list, in the GUI somewhere. Also, it would be nice if there were sets of managed lists that we could choose from. Allow users to submit custom lists, allow us to download and use custom lists from others, and establish some sort of grand repository and I would definitely recommend it.

osirisgothra (osirisgothra), 2022-11-29

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Content Farm Blocker requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.

Risk likelihood

Content Farm Blocker has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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