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MetaPhile: Greasemonkey script to hide troll threads & posts
Posted by sl8r in
6 Feb 2010 — 12:59pm
6 Feb 2010 — 12:59pm
(Mods: Wasn't sure where to put this thread, plz move if it's in the wrong forum)
Hi gals & guys,
I made a little Greasemonkey script to hide trolls on this here forum :)
The script & installation instructions are to be found:
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6 Feb 2010 — 3:18pm
Wow; our very own censor!
6 Feb 2010 — 4:37pm
I used this script to hide posts from sl8r and as this post is hidden I have no idea how to turn it off. :-)
6 Feb 2010 — 9:35pm
I love the name of your script. Sounds like a metal band's name. Rock and Roll!
7 Feb 2010 — 3:36am
Tomi: *I'm* not your censor. You are your own censor :)
Dan :)
7 Feb 2010 — 6:39am
This should be in the MetaPhile forum and is a technique I had previously suggested.
You understand it can be used against you, sl8r?
7 Feb 2010 — 10:02am
joeclark: Of course. I'm not too bothered with ppl blocking my posts. There's not much of mine to block anyway, I'm a lurker here. But I saw trollish/boring/tedious behavior by certain individuals, hence the GM script.
I will move the thread to the appropriate sub-forum.
7 Feb 2010 — 10:41am
How are we going to define "trollish/boring/tedious" behaviour?
7 Feb 2010 — 11:01am
"We" -- no, its your own responsibility to edit the script to hide stuff of people you don't want to read. And that customized script with your very own list of trolls runs on your very own computer *only*.
7 Feb 2010 — 11:17am
Palatine: Exactly what Theunis de Jong said. It's your list to add to and subtract people from, and they will be hidden only on YOUR computer with the script installed. That, and nobody will know who you have in your list.
7 Feb 2010 — 11:34am
just for those who might not have thought it through...
if you use this script to vanish posts from someone,
and they figure out that you are not reading them
(because, for example, you make yourself look silly
by saying things they'd already shown to be stupid),
they will be able to say lots of things that show you
to be stupid and you won't have the slightest idea...
i'm just sayin'...
as the saying goes,
keep your friends close...
and your enemies even closer...
-bowerbird
7 Feb 2010 — 11:44am
Ah, thanks for the clarification!
bowerbird:
Prescient as always. ;)
7 Feb 2010 — 9:12pm
Indeed, ignoring people you dislike is unwise.
hhp
8 Feb 2010 — 9:50am
Ignoring people one dislikes, and also ignoring Hrant, is one’s right and can quite materially improve one’s life.
8 Feb 2010 — 10:03am
It's a right, but it's also a weakness.
Life is not a cocktail party.
hhp
8 Feb 2010 — 8:16pm
hrant = *gold star*