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202 points by rdmuser

by quiet35

8 subcomments

I like the idea and even considered contributing to the list, but this stopped me:
> NAQ (Never Asked Questions)
> My website is on your list!
> Cry about it.
That's quite a suspicious attitude. Clearly the maintainer believes he is infallible. I understand the emotions behind this, but this is not how a public blacklist should be maintained.

by dhayabaran

0 subcomment

The false positive problem gets worse over time too. Domains get sold, sites pivot, old content gets removed. A blocklist with no removal process and a "cry about it" attitude in the FAQ is basically a one-way reputational blackhole. At minimum it needs an expiry or re-review mechanism. Even browser safe browsing lists re-check URLs periodically.

by rishabhaiover

0 subcomment

AI-generated content vs human-generated content is merging as such a fast pace that such a list doesn't seem like a scalable general solution

by throwatdem12311

0 subcomment

Ublock Origin also already has an “AI widget” blocklist you can enable. Literally the only extension that keeps me on Firefox because of how useless it is on Chromium.

by rdmuser

3 subcomments

A new more grounded list focused on specifically blocking content farms and similar low quality sites.
A nice alternative to this very broad anti ai list: https://github.com/laylavish/uBlockOrigin-HUGE-AI-Blocklist
Edit: Oh I should mention I found it through reddit and there is some good discussion there where they describe how they find stuff etc: https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/1r9uo3j/autom...

by lifthrasiir

6 subcomments

Not necessarily disagreeing the whole principle...
> All I hear is skill issue. Imagine needing an AI to write stuff.
Grammarly users (and underrepresented non-English speakers) would complain.

by amelius

1 subcomments

At least we're not yet in the phase where we have a whitelist for the internet.

by notepad0x90

0 subcomment

Love this, I wish there were more and broader categories of sites one could block. You can always temporarily allow sites.
In the enterprise space, there are URL reputation providers. They categorize sites based on different criteria, and network administrators block or warn users based on that information.
In my humble opinion, there needs to be a crowdsourced fund (or ideally governments would take this seriously and fund it on behalf of people) for enabling technologies that allow user friendly internet experiences. Browsers, frameworks, vpn providers, site-reputation, deceptive content, dns-providers, email providers,trusted certificate authorities(no,google and microsoft shouldn't get to police that), nation-state or corporate affiliations,etc... You shouldn't need to setup a pi-hole.
Imagine a $1B/yr non-profit fund for this stuff. if 10M people paid $10/mo that's $1.2B/yr. Proton has $97M revenue in 2024 and 100M total accounts (I don't know how many pay but the spread is roughly $1/user). I really think now is the time to talk about this when so many are wary of US tech giants and looking for other opportunities.

by lkm0

0 subcomment

Why is apnews.com on the list?

by meindnoch

3 subcomments

Also need a rule that filters out HN submissions from that Simon Wilson guy.

by dimava

1 subcomments

Also check the https://botblock.ai/ , AI extension to detect AI replies on twitter

by ossa-ma

1 subcomments

Glad we're moving in this direction, I've also got a tool that I use to determine if writing is AI using common tropes and reconstruct the OG prompt from it: https://tropes.fyi/aidr

by ramon156

0 subcomment

I would rather have a whitelist that adds a nice tag at the end of the link, indicating that overall it has high quality content. This also forces you to periodically check the sites you've whitelisted

by greyman

4 subcomments

Meta question: do you guys feel the adblockers will maybe not be that important in the future? As for myself, I ended up to use just a few websites, but those are reputable and I don't mind a few ads they provide. The only adblock which is still very much needed is one for Youtube.

by jadar

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I feel like this is a bit of a sinking ship. I suppose if you want to avoid known sources of slop then this works … but beyond that it’s a bit of a lost cause. It’s like sports betting — once it’s there then there’s no saying who is (ab)using it.

by semiinfinitely

1 subcomments

Tragic twist: repo was entirely AI generated

by afcool83

3 subcomments

Admirable idea and execution…but it does apply opposing evolutionary/economic pressure for AI-slop to become less detectable over time. AI will learn and adapt.
Metaphorically speaking, it’s the Borg we’re dealing with, not the Klingons. All Janeway did was slow the Borg’s progress.

by Dwedit

1 subcomments

What happens if a legitimate site (forums, wiki, etc) gets mass-spammed with slop?

by firebot

0 subcomment

Firefox already feeling more responsive.

by metalman

0 subcomment

flip it, and build green(organic) lists perhaps work towards having sites than dont just, not use AI, but never talk about it it's not just AI, search is a scam, no mojo in the world can extract the contact info for the business next door and the mountains of porncoin, scamulous garbage and hate news taking up a full 50% of whats left, does in fact make a determined effort to greenwall a section of the web something to consider

by filldorns

2 subcomments

Come on guys, 2026 and you still using "blacklist". Why not BlockList?