This is a small script that runs locally in your browser. I created it to enable sort of a "troll-block-list" after getting tired of trolls in the comment section on my favourite hockey blog, Ranger Rants. This script will only work on that site.
Users added to the "blocked users"-list will be stored in your browsers localStorage. Hence, if you browse the site from a different browser(/computer) than the one you blocked a user on, the user will not appear as blocked in that browser. No data is neither stored by me nor sent to me.
This script is dependent on the Google Chrome browser and a third party chrome extension called "Personalized Web". This extension will need some permissions to alter web pages on your behalf.
- Install the chrome browser extension "Personalized Web".
- In your chrome browser, go to chrome://extensions/ (copy and paste into your address field)
- Find "Personalized Web", make sure it's enabled
- Click on "options" at the bottom of the Personalized Web-section, right next to "allow in incognito"
- Click "load dump"
- Copy entire content of
ragsrant_dump.jsonand paste it into the field in the popup - Click ok
After the script is installed you will get a new icon top right on every comment post. If you click that icon, you will toggle the blocked status of the user who written the comment. The comment will then be folded, leaving only the user name visible in a semi opaque comment box.
Now you can toggle the comment by clicking on the comment (anywhere but on the icon top right), and the comment will become visible. Click again to hide.
Solid icon top right indicate that the user is on your blocked list.
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