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Both from websearches - via uBlacklist[1], and references within other sites - via content-blockers like uBlock Origin[2]? Use this filterlist! -- https://github.com/alvi-se/ai-ublock-blacklist (And others e.g. https://github.com/alvi-se/ai-ublock-blacklist#similar-projects) [1] https://ublacklist.github.io/docs/introduction [2] https://wikipedia.org/wiki/UBlock_Origin", "context": "", "use_case": "blocking sites in search results", "switched_from": "", "story": "How Three Brothers Built an AI Slop Empire"}, {"id": 788104112, "item_id": 49256507, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49256507", "by": "duskdozer", "date": "2026-08-11", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "https://github.com/iorate/ublacklist is the only thing that makes searching bearable for me now.", "excerpt": "This is just papering over it individually, but https://github.com/iorate/ublacklist is the only thing that makes searching bearable for me now.", "context": "", "use_case": "Block sites in search results", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google Search Is Dying. 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Both from websearches - via uBlacklist[1], and references within other sites - via content-blockers like uBlock Origin[2]? Use this filterlist! -- https://github.com/alvi-se/ai-ublock-blacklist (And others e.g. https://github.com/alvi-se/ai-ublock-blacklist#similar-projects) [1] https://ublacklist.github.io/docs/introduction [2] https://wikipedia.org/wiki/UBlock_Origin", "context": "", "use_case": "blocking sites in search results", "switched_from": "", "story": "How Three Brothers Built an AI Slop Empire"}, {"id": 788104112, "item_id": 49256507, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49256507", "by": "duskdozer", "date": "2026-08-11", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "https://github.com/iorate/ublacklist is the only thing that makes searching bearable for me now.", "excerpt": "This is just papering over it individually, but https://github.com/iorate/ublacklist is the only thing that makes searching bearable for me now.", "context": "", "use_case": "Block sites in search results", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google Search Is Dying. 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There is just so so much spam", "context": "", "use_case": "blocking spam domains in search", "switched_from": "", "story": "Using Kagi Search with Low Vision"}, {"id": 763444320, "item_id": 47715270, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47715270", "by": "crvdgc", "date": "2026-04-10", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "there's uBlacklist for Google", "excerpt": "For what it worth, there's uBlacklist for Google. https://ublacklist.github.io/docs/getting-started", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Kagi Product Tips \u2013 Customize Your Search Results with URL Redirects"}, {"id": 762326272, "item_id": 47645392, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47645392", "by": "mzajc", "date": "2026-04-04", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "uBlacklist is a great extension to avoid slopfarms like this", "excerpt": "uBlacklist is a great extension to avoid slopfarms like this: https://ublacklist.github.io/docs", "context": "", "use_case": "blocking spam sites in search", "switched_from": "", "story": "12,000 AI-generated blog posts added in a single commit"}, {"id": 756163472, "item_id": 47260217, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47260217", "by": "duskdozer", "date": "2026-03-05", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "my results have gotten so much better for common types of queries", "excerpt": "https://github.com/iorate/ublacklist Basically, - whenever a spam site is in my results, click to block - click through some and check out pages like \"About\" \"Terms\" \"Disclaimer\" \"Privacy\". often common boilerplate phrases abound. affiliate marketing spam, and similar, for example - exact string search those phrases - (get often many pages of results) - using a userscript, block all domains in each result page my res", "context": "", "use_case": "blocking spam sites in search", "switched_from": "", "story": "I'm losing the SEO battle for my own open source project"}, {"id": 753832064, "item_id": 47114504, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47114504", "by": "mzajc", "date": "2026-02-22", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "For users of other search engines, the uBlacklist extension[0] is a godsend.", "excerpt": "For users of other search engines, the uBlacklist extension[0] is a godsend. It'll also apply the same blacklist to every search engine you use. [0]: https://github.com/iorate/ublacklist", "context": "", "use_case": "Search result blocklist", "switched_from": "", "story": "An Unbothered Jimmy Wales Calls Grokipedia a 'Cartoon Imitation' of Wikipedia"}, {"id": 753635552, "item_id": 47102222, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47102222", "by": "smusamashah", "date": "2026-02-21", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I searched and added as many as I could find in uBlacklist.", "excerpt": "So there is a spreadsheet of websites. That is very interesting. There was an article here sometime ago about a media group who have so many super SEOd websites. They all have common footer text. I searched and added as many as I could find in uBlacklist. I have a gist listing them and how I searched for them. You might find that useful. Edit: https://gist.github.com/SMUsamaShah/6573b27441d99a0a0c79243170c9e6b1", "context": "", "use_case": "blocking sites in search", "switched_from": "", "story": "AI uBlock Blacklist"}, {"id": 740849731, "item_id": 46303108, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46303108", "by": "BizarroLand", "date": "2025-12-17", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "uBlacklist (to permablock certain sites from search results)", "excerpt": "I would rather firefox release a paid browser with no AI, or at least everything Opt-In, and more user control than to see them stuff unwanted features on users. I used firefox faithfully for a long time, but it's time for someone to take it out back and put it down. Also, I switched to Waterfox about a year ago and I have no complaints. The very worst thing about it is that when it updates its very in your face abou", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "No AI* Here \u2013 A Response to Mozilla's Next Chapter"}, {"id": 740821236, "item_id": 46301327, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46301327", "by": "rurban", "date": "2025-12-17", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "uBlacklist", "excerpt": "I use several extensions on Fennec mobile: AdGuard AdBlocker, Google & YouTube cookie consent popup blocking, NoScript, Privacy Badger, Translate this page, Web Archives, uBlacklist", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Is Mozilla trying hard to kill itself?"}]}