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New Firefox extension makes YouTube comments almost bearable
YouTube Comment Snob is a Firefox extension that gets rid of a good majority of the spam and drivel by applying some simple grammatical rules. You can customize it to filter out comments by using your favorite combination of the following: too many spelling mistakes (using Firefox's spellchecker), too much capitalization, no capitalization, swearing, profanity or excessive punctuation (!!!???!). The only problem with YouTube Comment Snob is that it hasn't yet been applied to the whole Internet.
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So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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Shoukichi said 9:47AM on 8-26-2008
A superb extension if I may say so myself. I am no longer afraid to venture out into the wilds of youtube. The natives are vicious heathens who are more likely to bite your little finger off than smile at you.
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notnamed said 12:46PM on 8-26-2008
Actually, something like it has been applied to the general internet:
http://stupidfilter.org/main/
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Transcontinental said 5:36PM on 8-26-2008
"The only problem with YouTube Comment Snob is that it hasn't yet been applied to the whole Internet." -- Now that is indeed, snob!
Some people are rude, some illeterate, some both, but remains sometimes an interesting unfinished idea. And sometimes an elegant rhetoric may be as empty as a cold smile.
Com'on, don't be so European!
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