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Hacker Smacker by Samuel Clay

Highlight (friend) and filter (foe) individual authors on Hacker News

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About this extension
Hacker Smacker adds friend/foe functionality to Hacker News, inspired by Slashdot's classic system.

Three small orbs appear next to every author's name on HN. Click to mark someone as a friend (highlighted in green) or a foe (marked in red). Neutral authors stay unmarked.

The real power is friend-of-a-friend (FoaF): if your friends also use Hacker Smacker, you'll see their friends and foes too. This helps you quickly spot quality commenters when scanning long threads.

Features:
- Friend or foe any author with one click
- See friend-of-a-friend and foe-of-a-friend indicators
- Works on all Hacker News pages
- Profile pages at hackersmacker.org showing your network
- Open source: github.com/samuelclay/hackersmacker

Privacy: Hacker Smacker only collects your HN username and your friend/foe ratings. No browsing data is tracked, nothing is sold, no ads.
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Permissions and data

Required permissions:

  • Access your data for news.ycombinator.com
  • Access your data for www.hackersmacker.org

Required data collection, according to the developer:

  • Authentication information
  • Personally identifying information
  • Website content

Optional data collection, according to the developer:

  • Technical and interaction data
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Version
2.2
Size
99.55 KB
Last updated
25 days ago (Mar 5, 2026)
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  • Feeds, News & Blogging
  • Social & Communication
License
MIT License
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