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Agree, even a simple button to remove stories permanently from our individual views would help a lot.

If PG doesn't want to do that due to performance issues, maybe one of the useful Chrome/Firefox plugins out there could add that at the browser level. I'll try to build this one of these weekends; will post it if it works well.

>>tsycho+(OP)
I was planning to build a site called HN Filter which would use the (unofficial) API from api.ihackernews.com

Basically it would allow each person to filter out stories based on keywords (perhaps "TSA", "iPad", or whatever their pet peeve is), by URL (to get rid of blogs they don't want to see), or by user (in the case of personal feuds).

In the end I started working on another startup before I got into this idea, but someone else might enjoy working on it.

>>Nathan+I
We might as well just allow pictures of kittens. After all, you can always build a kitten-free HN aggregator site if you don't like them.

>>tptace+V
That was exactly my line of thought as well, and the reason why I decided it was a waste of time to pursue. I just mentioned it, however, because it is an idea that anyone can build themselves if they personally can't stand some element of HN and decide they want to filter it out.