# Shut Up: Comment Blocker

> Shut Up hides comments on most websites. You can show them on your favorite sites with a click of a button, and it'll remember that for next time.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/shut-up-comment-blocker](https://chrome-stats.com/d/shut-up-comment-blocker)

## Overview

- **ID:** `shut-up-comment-blocker`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Ricky Romero
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 2,307
- **Weekly downloads:** 43
- **Rating:** 4.55 / 5 (109 ratings)
- **Version:** 8.2.0.12
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-03
- **First published:** 2017-11-13
- **Size:** 229 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/shut-up-comment-blocker/)
- **Website:** [https://rickyromero.com/shutup/](https://rickyromero.com/shutup/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/shut-up-comment-blocker/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/shut-up-comment-blocker/privacy/)

## Description

Shut Up: Comment Blocker is a handy Chrome extension designed to hide comments on most websites, helping you avoid toxic or distracting discussions. By default, it blocks all comments, but allows you to easily toggle comment visibility on any page with a single click. The extension remembers your preferences per site, showing comments automatically next time if enabled. Built on shutup.css by Steven Frank, it's a simple and free tool to help you enjoy a cleaner, hassle-free browsing experience without the noise of comment sections.

## Rankings

- #1,987 — Overall
- #110 — Feeds, News & Blogging
- #234 — Social & Communication
- #2 — comment
- #48 — remember
- #50 — ad blocker

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `contextMenus`
- `tabs`
- `scripting`
- `storage`

### Host permissions

- `http://*/*`
- `https://*/*`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Users largely praise Shut Up for effectively blocking or hiding site comments across sites and its per-site memory, with mobile support. However, common concerns include the lack of a hard lock to prevent turning off, intermittent reliability after updates, and occasional site-specific UI conflicts (e.g., YouTube, CNN OpenWeb). Some report it disabling on startup. Overall, it's seen as an essential tool when it works, with calls for improved stability and stronger disable-proof features.

### Pros

- Effectively blocks or hides site comments (notably YouTube) across sites, improving focus and reducing negativity.
- Works across multiple sites (Reddit, YouTube, etc.) and remembers per-site settings, allowing customized on/off behavior.
- Quick and easy to toggle on/off, giving users control without heavy friction.
- Mobile-friendly and generally reliable when functioning, praised as making internet browsing nicer.
- Widely regarded by users as an essential extension for managing online comments.

### Cons

- No robust way to lock the extension to prevent turning it off (no password/schedule/forced-on option), making it easy to bypass.
- Intermittent reliability and site-specific compatibility issues, especially after Firefox updates (e.g., timing out, needing refresh; some sites like IG desktop/CNN OpenWeb affected).
- Can interfere with some site UI (e.g., publishing or community comment panels on YouTube).
- Sometimes gets disabled on startup and requires manual re-enabling.
- Not available on Android / lacks an Android version.

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