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baud147258 · 2018-04-23 14:33:35+00:00

SO's hot network questions was so bad that I enabled my ad-blocker on SO and added a custom rule to hide that part of the page. At least now when I go to find an answer on SO without falling in a 30-60 min rabbit hole.

antipaul | karma 1299 | avg karma 3.68 · | 2019-04-05 01:26:46+00:00

These became so distracting that I applied an Adblock filter to hide the “Hot Network Questions” div, lol!

JoshTriplett | karma 44606 | avg karma 4.76 · | 2020-01-21 17:33:31+00:00

If you're going to run an extension to fix the search results, I'd suggest an ad blocker.

tikhonj | karma 15065 | avg karma 5.2 · | 2022-04-13 20:15:59

Seems like you could do that in a reasonably thorough way on HN with an ad block filter.

sgdpk | karma 235 | avg karma 3.18 · | 2020-07-08 23:50:18+00:00

Indeed, I have an ad blocker. Thanks!

codazzo | karma 19 | avg karma 1.12 · | 2017-09-02 06:26:51+00:00

Pro-tip: I filtered all of those out with an adblocker.

coldpie | karma 19803 | avg karma 4.39 · | 2020-02-14 17:42:37+00:00

Consider installing an ad blocker.

dangus | karma 5052 | avg karma 1.61 · | 2023-08-18 19:43:31

Basically any ad blocker plus the right lists enabled will do this.

EdwardDiego | karma 9640 | avg karma 2.44 · | 2023-01-28 22:10:08

I have an ad blocker, but it's not aggressive enough to remove sponsored search results.

jamieweb | karma 689 | avg karma 2.76 · | 2018-12-29 14:24:31+00:00

Use your ad blocker to block the HNQ section.

bytesandbots | karma 115 | avg karma 2.4 · | 2020-09-29 06:11:53+00:00

I do that too! I try to block all kinds of Related/Hot/Recommended stuff on websites. Those can be more distracting than real ads if you ask me. Most useful has been to block the end card recommendations after YouTube videos.

sreejithr | karma 88 | avg karma 0.86 · | 2013-11-29 10:17:46

AD BLOCK PLUS. You're welcome.

boblebricoleur | karma 88 | avg karma 2.44 · | 2019-06-13 09:01:08+00:00

Browsing the internet today is so exhausting.

I would add one more rule "make sure your user has to perform at least 37 clicks before accessing your ad riddled article"

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vmception | karma 13016 | avg karma 1.62 · | 2021-06-02 16:44:43+00:00

> either add rules to your ad blocker to remove the trends section

how?

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amelius | karma 42902 | avg karma 1.63 · | 2016-04-21 20:51:04+00:00

You can always open such content in an incognito tab, to disable the adblocker completely.

hashkb | karma 1496 | avg karma 1.39 · | 2019-01-14 19:38:49+00:00

You can use an ad blocker to block FS.

HWR_14 | karma 9562 | avg karma 1.81 · | 2023-07-03 12:04:00

That can be automated. Install an ad blocker

nwallin | karma 4323 | avg karma 4.36 · | 2019-12-04 18:13:54+00:00

Use an ad blocker. Boom, problem solved.

narrowtux | karma 387 | avg karma 2.65 · | 2018-02-19 16:38:21+00:00

Yes. I got so fed up with bullshit like this that I made a blocklist for my ad blocker just to keep sane while browsing.

https://gist.github.com/narrowtux/19220fc077ecbaeb274c56e849...

The latest entry blocks the smooth scroll on the site of this post. They've gotten smarter now and include this in bundles.

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eznzt | karma 695 | avg karma 1.5 · | 2020-10-29 16:25:23

Or an ad blocker...