Tell HN: Can someone build a proxy that removes all Musk news? Myb MuteMusk.com?

Posted by somid3 on Friday December 30, 2022 @01:27PM
from the self-post dept.

This is nuts, every news page I go there is a Musk story. It's like their PR department's budget is billions of dollars. Can someone please make MuteMusk.com as a proxy? I'd love to pay for this service.

Then you can expand into other Mute services, like select your least favorite celebrities, billionaires, etc.

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Re:Tell HN: Can someone build a proxy that removes all Musk ... by smoldesu on Friday December 30, 2022 @01:33PM (#34188195)

Simple build-it-yourself solution:

- Find a good RSS reader

- Add your favorite HN feeds via the unofficial RSS feed: https://hnrss.github.io/

- Block every article including 'Musk' or 'Elon'. Maybe throw in 'Twitter' for good measure too.

If you'd pay for this, I'd love to make it. It's legitimately effortless to set up.

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Re:Tell HN: Can someone build a proxy that removes all Musk ... by diyadvice on Friday December 30, 2022 @02:37PM (#34189040)

Do it yourself, you lazy cunt. We're not your product idea slaves.

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Re:Tell HN: Can someone build a proxy that removes all Musk ... by bitshaker on Friday December 30, 2022 @02:38PM (#34189043)

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/kardashian-filter/...

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Re:Tell HN: Can someone build a proxy that removes all Musk ... by gardenhedge on Friday December 30, 2022 @07:41PM (#34191942)

Did you shorten maybe to myb?

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Re:Tell HN: Can someone build a proxy that removes all Musk ... by LinuxBender on Friday December 30, 2022 @08:26PM (#34192340)

It can be done with uBlock [0] writing custom filters though one would have to write a filter for each domain as the stylesheets differ.

Here is an example of how to do this on HN in about:addons -> uBlock Preferences -> uBlock My Filters tab

    # top (title / url)
    news.ycombinator.com##tr.athing span.titleline > a:has-text(/(musk|elon|twitter)/):upward(tr)
    # bottom (stats / comments)
    news.ycombinator.com##tr.athing span.titleline > a:has-text(/(musk|elon|twitter)/):upward(tr) + *

Or if you just want to replace text, there is the FoxReplace addon. [1] One could rename him to whatever brings a smile.

[0] - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin...

[1] - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/foxreplace/

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Re:Tell HN: Can someone build a proxy that removes all Musk ... by jacquesm on Sunday January 01, 2023 @08:04AM (#34205980)

As opposed to:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26198472

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