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Rather than an approach like this, which can only serve to produce an echo-chamber effect, can I recommend the Hacker News Enhancement Suite for Chrome (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-enhanc...)? It remembers the upvotes and downvotes you cast per-user, which provides a very quick at-a-glance reminder of your past opinions of a given member's contributions, and allows you to make a more informed decision about whether or not to engage with them.

This is coming from someone with showdead on, FWIW. I rather like seeing the things that others have deemed "not worth seeing".

>>cheald+(OP)
> This is coming from someone with showdead on, FWIW. I rather like seeing the things that others have deemed "not worth seeing".

FYI I also have "showdead" on and like the approach taken with Enhancement Suite.

The biggest reason I had for writing this extension is when certain users spam a thread with their repetitive points. At that point, it's easiest to just block them. (Though blocking doesn't hide their comment completely, so it's easy to toggle people back on.)

>>limeli+q1
I guess I haven't really encounted that. Blocking is something that I've always really reserved for spammers and the really blatant trolls, and those tend to be killed really quickly on HN as is.

There are certainly commenters who don't contribute to a given discussion, but I personally think that the reaction of "block them so I never have to see them again!" is extreme and probably not really conducive to the spirit of community.