Overview
Highlight (friend) and filter (foe) individual authors on Hacker News
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.
Details
- Version2.2
- UpdatedMarch 5, 2026
- Size68.26KiB
- LanguagesEnglish
- DeveloperWebsite
Email
samuel@ofbrooklyn.com - Non-traderThis developer has not identified itself as a trader. For consumers in the European Union, please note that consumer rights do not apply to contracts between you and this developer.
Privacy
Hacker Smacker has disclosed the following information regarding the collection and usage of your data. More detailed information can be found in the developer's privacy policy.
Hacker Smacker handles the following:
This developer declares that your data is
- Not being sold to third parties, outside of the approved use cases
- Not being used or transferred for purposes that are unrelated to the item's core functionality
- Not being used or transferred to determine creditworthiness or for lending purposes
Support
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