Creating an SB Nation "Do Not Read" List
by Dave Cariello on Jul 7, 2011 11:00 AM CDT
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It seems someone out there feels the same way as you, a big fan of SB Nation apparently, and he has created the technology that allows you to do just that. So instead of having to skip over comments from users you already know you don't like, their comments will automatically be blocked before you even have the chance to snub your nose at them.
How it Works
Once the appropriate extension is installed, you may adjust the options and add the user names of members you don't want to see comments from anymore. The Google Chrome options screen looks like this. You can see I've decided to block comments from that ever so pesky, HansDat.
So now when you're browsing through Canal Street Chronicles and there's a comment from one of the users you've decided to block, it appears like this:
You can choose to also block all replies to comments made by users you don't like, even if they're made by someone you like, or you can choose to only block comments from just those specific users. Your call.
How to Install
This technology is only available for Google Chrome and Safari users but let's face it, why would you be using anything else in the first place. If you're using one of those two browsers, follow the instructions below. If you're not, get with the times and download one of them, then follow the instructions below.
Chrome
To install in Google Chrome, follow this link to the Chrome Web Store and click the "Install" button.
To configure, disable, or uninstall the plugin, click the wrench, and choose Tools -> Extensions. You can click the "options" link to configure the re-scan interval and list of users to be black-listed.
Safari
To install in Safari, click this link to download the latest version. If it does not automatically install, just click on the "sbnbl.safariextz" file in your downloads folder. When new versions are available, it will auto-upgrade.
To configure, go to Preferences and click the "Extensions" tab. You can change the re-scan interval, and the comma-separated list of users to be black-listed.
You're welcome.
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This technology is only available for Google Chrome and Safari users but let’s face it, why would you be using anything else in the first place.
Uh, Google is the home of the anti-Jesus1000 and Steve Jobs is Lucifer? Just off the top of my head.
Turn on the radio, love is proclaimed again and again and again
by stujo4 on Jul 7, 2011 11:26 AM CDT reply actions 3 recs
ok, we don’t always see eye to eye, but I have to rec this one.
Free your mind
by theprogrammerman on Jul 7, 2011 11:32 AM CDT up reply actions
Steve Jobs is
Lucifera God
FIFY
by snowboard_kat on Jul 7, 2011 11:40 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Damnit.
My mac rec’d this comment.
Jobs has taken control!
Canal Street Chronicles-A place of great Saints news and information. Oh and the stuff I write!
"I rejected those answers. Instead, I chose something different. I chose the impossible. I chose...Rapture!"
I can feel myself getting blocked by Stu as I’m typing this…
by snowboard_kat on Jul 7, 2011 11:43 AM CDT up reply actions
The only person stu can see is Dave. We are all blocked.
Maybe MARY JANE will load up and pass the PEACE PIPE around the conference room and they’ll all get happy in a big hurry, which might just help speed up the process. - HansDat
by cscmember on Jul 7, 2011 1:40 PM CDT up reply actions 6 recs
LOL
In Breesus' name we play
by Breesus Christ Superstar on Jul 7, 2011 1:52 PM CDT up reply actions
Steve Jobs isLucifera God, like David Koresh was a God.
FIFY ;-)
"It's more than a handful. It's a handsful."
by Dan Kelly on Jul 7, 2011 11:43 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I can hear angry fingers on keyboards…just messin’. :)
by snowboard_kat on Jul 7, 2011 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Is there any way we can block coldpizza’s comments on Kat’s computer?
In Breesus' name we play
by Breesus Christ Superstar on Jul 7, 2011 1:26 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
has anyone ever seen cold pizza and snowboard kat in the same room at the same time…. thought not. the conspiracy theorist in me thinks they maybe one in the same person. jk.
by hrp on Jul 7, 2011 1:40 PM CDT up reply actions
has anyone ever seen cold pizza and snowboard kat in the same room at the same time
Not from lack of (me) trying…
by snowboard_kat on Jul 7, 2011 2:09 PM CDT up reply actions
You see the two of you together every night you go to sleep.
Maybe MARY JANE will load up and pass the PEACE PIPE around the conference room and they’ll all get happy in a big hurry, which might just help speed up the process. - HansDat
coldpizza is the right hand's name,
kat’s the left. my guess is that he’s left handed lol :P
Let's have a 2011 season. Get a deal done
He is. And Kat has been a very bad hand, as of late.
"I was not on the boat in question" -Darren Sharper
That’s bc the your right hand’s been the starting QB. I’m still waiting for you to sprain a thumb so I can get in the game.
by snowboard_kat on Jul 7, 2011 6:45 PM CDT up reply actions
I’ll be in New Orleans in two weeks. Room booked.
by snowboard_kat on Jul 8, 2011 8:29 AM CDT up reply actions
Just hang around the nearest Golden Corral and you will find him in no time. Look for the guy with the twitchy left hand.
Free your mind
by theprogrammerman on Jul 8, 2011 8:40 AM CDT up reply actions
You gonna come visit me?
Wanna say something? Sign up! It's free!
by Dave Cariello on Jul 8, 2011 12:31 PM CDT up reply actions
I just might!
You’re in the garden District? Can I take the streetcar?
Will you make sure cp is with you?
by snowboard_kat on Jul 8, 2011 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Not in the Garden District
We’re further uptown. But you can take the streetcar. We’re just two blocks off the streetcar. You’ll have to arrange CP’s presence yourself.
Wanna say something? Sign up! It's free!
by Dave Cariello on Jul 8, 2011 6:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Take the Streetcar Named Desire~!
(Can’t believe nobody else jumped on this.)
(Oh yeah, TWSS.)
Fat, dumb, and happy. Hell, two out of three ain't bad!
I Want To Die In My Sleep Like My Grandpa – Not Screaming and Yelling Like His Passengers.
by Just 'Nother Day on Jul 8, 2011 7:27 PM CDT up reply actions
Well played. You’re a riot JND, love your comments. I won’t be blocking you anytime soon.
by snowboard_kat on Jul 9, 2011 1:56 AM CDT up reply actions
Awwww shucks, m'am.
Fat, dumb, and happy. Hell, two out of three ain't bad!
I Want To Die In My Sleep Like My Grandpa – Not Screaming and Yelling Like His Passengers.
by Just 'Nother Day on Jul 9, 2011 6:23 AM CDT up reply actions
Good Dave.
We need objective confirmation of kat’s existence.
In Breesus' name we play
by Breesus Christ Superstar on Jul 9, 2011 7:41 AM CDT up reply actions
again, it is like watching a car accident as I drive by…I know I shouldn’t stare, but…
Free your mind
by theprogrammerman on Jul 8, 2011 7:32 AM CDT up reply actions
Steve Jobs isLuciferaGodneurotic over controlling hypocritical little ankle biter
there, much better
oh yeah
FIFY
Free your mind
by theprogrammerman on Jul 7, 2011 11:45 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
that and to be honest, the products are solid. I don’t have a beef with the hardware or the concept behind it. The software side annoys me on a professional level.
Free your mind
by theprogrammerman on Jul 7, 2011 12:12 PM CDT up reply actions
YOU MAY TAKE AWAY MY COMMENTS, BUT YOU'LL NEVER TAKE MY FIREFOX!!!!
Canal Street Chronicles-A place of great Saints news and information. Oh and the stuff I write!
"I rejected those answers. Instead, I chose something different. I chose the impossible. I chose...Rapture!"
by Jon Banks on Jul 7, 2011 11:30 AM CDT reply actions 8 recs
I'll give you my FireFox when you pry it from my cold, dead hands!
"It's more than a handful. It's a handsful."
Rec'd plus 1000
INGRAMANIA equals LOMBARDI 2012
by cajuncommando58 on Jul 7, 2011 11:49 AM CDT up reply actions
Agreed
I like Firefox so much that I plan to name my first born child Mozilla.
"As soon as Tony (Dungy) said we had no chance, I knew we had 'em right where we wanted 'em"--Coach Sean Payton right after Super Bowl XLIV with the Lombardi Trophy firmly in hand. WHO DAT!!
by David "Satch" Kelly on Jul 7, 2011 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions
their comments will automatically be blocked before you even have the chance to snub your nose at them.
What’s the fun in that?
Maybe MARY JANE will load up and pass the PEACE PIPE around the conference room and they’ll all get happy in a big hurry, which might just help speed up the process. - HansDat
Exactly.
I only read for the comments I don’t like.
Isn’t it enough preaching to the choir already?
Blocking the comments I don’t like would be similar to a liberal only following MSNBC, NPR or the Huffington post. Just a bunch of headnodding and cheerleading. [That’s for you, Stu. What are you gonna do about it, block me? ;) ]
In Breesus' name we play
by Breesus Christ Superstar on Jul 7, 2011 1:31 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
[That’s for you, Stu. What are you gonna do about it, block me? ;) ]
Looks like your blocked, buddy.
Maybe MARY JANE will load up and pass the PEACE PIPE around the conference room and they’ll all get happy in a big hurry, which might just help speed up the process. - HansDat
I probably already was and he missed it completely.
In Breesus' name we play
by Breesus Christ Superstar on Jul 7, 2011 1:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Not very similar but I agree with the first part...
I probably wouldn’t block anyone because anyone I’d want to block, Dave would probably ban anyway. It would have to get that bad.
2010 is cuzzin's breakout year...run with that chip bruh!
Or similar to a conservative just stepping out into the world...
and realizing a totally different reality exist!
2010 is cuzzin's breakout year...run with that chip bruh!
how about we just skip the political stuff
Free your mind
by theprogrammerman on Jul 7, 2011 2:57 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
good idea...
had to just mess with him a little. You right C+
2010 is cuzzin's breakout year...run with that chip bruh!
Hey, I can take it. We’re just joking around.
In Breesus' name we play
by Breesus Christ Superstar on Jul 7, 2011 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions
poor Hans…
"I don't want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me."
always the guinea pig, never the scientist
"I don't want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me."
I can take it
I’m a man and a Fan and a plan and panama
Thumbs up, everybody...
For rock and roll!!!!
by Hans Petersen on Jul 7, 2011 6:12 PM CDT up reply actions
i felt he was justified with this outburst...
definitely remember it.
2010 is cuzzin's breakout year...run with that chip bruh!
yup me too
Thumbs up, everybody...
For rock and roll!!!!
by Hans Petersen on Jul 7, 2011 7:19 PM CDT up reply actions
When it's ported to FireFox, it'll be a great plugin, I'm sure.
"It's more than a handful. It's a handsful."
OK here is a poll...
All who wish to block me respond and KISS MY A@#. BWAHAHAHA
INGRAMANIA equals LOMBARDI 2012
by cajuncommando58 on Jul 7, 2011 11:46 AM CDT reply actions
Is people actually going to use this?
It takes away the main reason of coming to any SBN site.
Canal Street Chronicles-A place of great Saints news and information. Oh and the stuff I write!
"I rejected those answers. Instead, I chose something different. I chose the impossible. I chose...Rapture!"
eh
people will do what they will do. If they don’t have the capacity to just ignore what others say if they really want to, I don’t care if they install the technology crutch.
Free your mind
by theprogrammerman on Jul 7, 2011 11:47 AM CDT up reply actions
agree…the back and forth is part of the appeal.
by snowboard_kat on Jul 7, 2011 11:49 AM CDT up reply actions
and differences of opinion are entertaining if anything.
by snowboard_kat on Jul 7, 2011 11:50 AM CDT up reply actions
what about tommy v?
"I don't want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me."
in general I’m a fan of anyone brave enough to voice a difference of opinion, especially an unpopular one.
by snowboard_kat on Jul 7, 2011 12:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Our tommy v is an awesome tommy v. I’d like to see him become a regular contributor. His objectivity gives me goose pimples. For reals.
"I was not on the boat in question" -Darren Sharper
some statements require no sarcasm to be sarcastic
though if you want to believe I was being completely genuine, you go right ahead :P
Free your mind
by theprogrammerman on Jul 7, 2011 12:18 PM CDT up reply actions
child please. I smelled the sarcasm from here.
by snowboard_kat on Jul 7, 2011 12:20 PM CDT up reply actions
thus no need for the sarcasm font…my point made :P
Free your mind
by theprogrammerman on Jul 7, 2011 12:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Let em
and miss all the fun
INGRAMANIA equals LOMBARDI 2012
by cajuncommando58 on Jul 7, 2011 11:50 AM CDT up reply actions
Interesting...
It also “Hides” the replies to that person’s comments… including your own.
"It's more than a handful. It's a handsful."
I was just doing a test.
I “blocked” Hans.. and went to an older post.
It block his comment and all replies to it, which included mine.
-
It would be nice if you could click on the hidden comment to see what it was… there may be cases that you do want to read the person’s Comments… especially if they reply directly to you. :-)
"It's more than a handful. It's a handsful."
fyi…
there’s an option to allow replies to the blocked comments.
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I won;t be using it because I don’t like chrome and I would want the option to unblock individual comments… plus, I don’t feel the need to block anyone at the moment.
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it would be awesome to block certain threads though…
discussions that are getting heated, that you just want to avoid, come to mind.
"It's more than a handful. It's a handsful."
et tu, DK?
I can still take it.
I’m still a man and a Fan with a plan and panama
Thumbs up, everybody...
For rock and roll!!!!
by Hans Petersen on Jul 7, 2011 6:13 PM CDT up reply actions
oops meant to quotebox this in the above reply as a point of reference
I "blocked" Hans..
Thumbs up, everybody...
For rock and roll!!!!
by Hans Petersen on Jul 7, 2011 6:14 PM CDT up reply actions
so where is the poll asking who everyone believes will be the most blocked “do not read” member from CSC?
vegas would make a killing off this…..
Can you see this?
I doubt it.
You know, in Japan a round of golf cost $12,000. You play from rooftop to rooftop and the balls are made of rice somehow. then when you're done you've gotta go home and sleep in a tube.
-Dale Gribble
by were gonna need a bigger boat on Jul 8, 2011 7:53 PM CDT up reply actions
See what?
Fat, dumb, and happy. Hell, two out of three ain't bad!
I Want To Die In My Sleep Like My Grandpa – Not Screaming and Yelling Like His Passengers.
by Just 'Nother Day on Jul 8, 2011 8:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Here’s a better idea for people who think this is a good idea….. lock yourself in your house and avoid all human contact.
That's a terrible idea
I’m blocking you, Drew-Dat!!! lol
Peyton, I can eat Oreos faster than you!!!!
oh yeah!? well I'm blocking you and Drew-Dat!
"I don't want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me."
If you can read this
I already blocked you on the PSN. Haha
Peyton, I can eat Oreos faster than you!!!!
did you really?
"I don't want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me."
i’ll try to get on, gotta work but probably can get on sometime. and the fact that I share my landlords wireless internet so I only get a good signal in one part of my house is one reason I’m not usually online
"I don't want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me."
Mr. Dave,
At first I thought this was more CSC satire (it’s been awhile since you’ve done a satire piece), and was disappointed to see it was not. If others wish to block certain members’ comments, so be it. I won’t be blocking anyone. There have been plenty of times I’ve been pissed by others’ comments, but it really wasn’t that big a deal & I got over it. Some of those same members have also offered very good comments at times, and I would have missed those if I chose to engage in my own form of censorship. I can’t help but picture the 3 monkies representing hear no evil, see no evil, and speak no evil. I suspect some of the people who elect this option will end up ignoring the speak no evil for themselves. To me this just promotes more deviciveness. Oh well, so goes the nation, so goes CSC.
"Dang! The Saints won the Super Bowl!" - my wife, Meso "Happy" Hu Dat.
by Dang Hu Dat on Jul 7, 2011 2:01 PM CDT reply actions 4 recs
Don't be disappointed...
This is Dave being fair. If someone wants to do it, let them. I’d like most won’t.
2010 is cuzzin's breakout year...run with that chip bruh!
Rec'd it
I agree with you. But I’m tired of listening to people complain and ruining MY CSC experience. Now those that choose to do so can make their own CSC experience more enjoyable. But I really don’t think this technology is necessary in the least.
Wanna say something? Sign up! It's free!
by Dave Cariello on Jul 7, 2011 4:42 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
it would be nice if there was a true anti-rec-like function...
enough anti-rec’s and the thread/comment is minimized (like youtube does for comments)
"It's more than a handful. It's a handsful."
That would be a terrible idea.
trapped in grammar and calendars.
by Jay Preece on Jul 7, 2011 6:51 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
minimized, not deleted... you can always see it if you want
but if 10 people think it’s not contributing to the conversation, it’s minimized…
thus reducing the back and forth in that non-contributing thread.
"It's more than a handful. It's a handsful."
agreed
2010 is cuzzin's breakout year...run with that chip bruh!
by TAYDIGGA on Jul 7, 2011 7:06 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I rec'd all of this.
Canal Street Chronicles-A place of great Saints news and information. Oh and the stuff I write!
"I rejected those answers. Instead, I chose something different. I chose the impossible. I chose...Rapture!"
Your welcome.
Dave, blocked you for your grammatical error. Sorry.
Seriously though, I hope nobody uses this.
trapped in grammar and calendars.
what'd you say?
i think you just accidently pushed the space bar and then enter. :P
Let's have a 2011 season. Get a deal done
Oh and for the record,
Stu will never block anyone because then all the hard work that he put into the accountability list will have been lost!
Let's have a 2011 season. Get a deal done
one sassy, immature and funny response and then one question
first the sassy response:
“Go ahead and block me!! I’ll just change my screen name nyah nyah nyah nanny nanny boo boo!”
Now the question:
“Can you block yourself from having to read your own comments?”
Thumbs up, everybody...
For rock and roll!!!!
Yes, but then you could never read anyone's replies...
oh….
that could be dangerous.
"It's more than a handful. It's a handsful."
there are those drunk nights..
"I don't want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me."
I don't even have to be drunk
to not want to read my own comments sometimes
Thumbs up, everybody...
For rock and roll!!!!
by Hans Petersen on Jul 7, 2011 7:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Maybe I installed this thing too quickly.
Above says “101 comments” but I don’t see any. ???
Fat, dumb, and happy. Hell, two out of three ain't bad!
I Want To Die In My Sleep Like My Grandpa – Not Screaming and Yelling Like His Passengers.
by Just 'Nother Day on Jul 7, 2011 7:55 PM CDT reply actions
Call me when you find a way to block a subject
I’ll talk football with anyone here (even though CP makes me regret that decision sometimes). The only thing I want blocked is when the conversations stray into politics (including the lockout). When I can selectively block some users for only when the get off the topic of football then you will have something that will be of some real value to me.
"I want to hand this trophy to the MVP of the Super Bowl -- and the MVP of the entire league.''
-- Saints coach Sean Payton, handing the Vince Lombardi Trophy to Drew Brees after Super Bowl 44.
I have a better idea. If anyone doesn’t like what’s being discussed, just let me know. I’ll change my profile avatar to this:
"I was not on the boat in question" -Darren Sharper
I don’t need to be reminded of your small things all the time, CP
Free your mind
by theprogrammerman on Jul 8, 2011 7:34 AM CDT up reply actions
I’m going to go out on a limb here and guess that cp doesn’t have any shortcomings in that area…
by snowboard_kat on Jul 8, 2011 12:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh eternal optimist, thy name is kat!
Fat, dumb, and happy. Hell, two out of three ain't bad!
I Want To Die In My Sleep Like My Grandpa – Not Screaming and Yelling Like His Passengers.
by Just 'Nother Day on Jul 8, 2011 7:29 PM CDT up reply actions
I could do the same for you every time you gripe and moan that the Saints aren’t running the ball enough CP.
"I want to hand this trophy to the MVP of the Super Bowl -- and the MVP of the entire league.''
-- Saints coach Sean Payton, handing the Vince Lombardi Trophy to Drew Brees after Super Bowl 44.
Does this mean
You’ll block us healthy people (A.K.A Nongramaniacs) from the face of CSC?
You know, in Japan a round of golf cost $12,000. You play from rooftop to rooftop and the balls are made of rice somehow. then when you're done you've gotta go home and sleep in a tube.
-Dale Gribble
by were gonna need a bigger boat on Jul 8, 2011 7:58 PM CDT reply actions
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