Ad Detector
Security and privacy
browser extension for detecting sponsored content
SHOW HN2014
How HN took it
8 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 3 critical, out of 25 comments about the project. Thread score +0.29.
Idea: 6 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Cool idea, people installed it
From 3 comments
Great idea! Installed.
corbinpage on HNThat's cute. Installed.
sbierwagen on HNNice. I'll check this out. I was also hoping that it did some type of heuristic detection, but I know how hard that can be to get right.
seanp2k2 on HN
Would like more projects along this line
From 1 comment
I would like to see a lot more projects along this line of thinking.
api on HN
Objections
Sponsored content on sites like Forbes and Buzzfeed is obvious without an extension
From 1 comment
I don't think I need a browser extension to tell me that the bulk of content on the example sites they show (especially Forbes and Buzzfeed) is sponsored. I'm more interested to…
dbbolton on HN
Wants to remove native advertising entirely rather than detect it
From 1 comment
Can it perhaps have an option to strip native advertising from my web experience completely? I don't want to see links to native advertising. I don't want to see the short leader…
click170 on HN
Requests
Option to strip native advertising from pages
From 1 comment
Can it perhaps have an option to strip native advertising from my web experience completely? I don't want to see links to native advertising. I don't want to see the short leader…
click170 on HN
Linguistic analysis to score bias and ad-iness
From 1 comment
This is cool, but a lot of PR is even more devious! At my first job ever, I was sometimes paid to simultaneously ghost-write stories by executives, then pitch the stories to…
andrewljohnson on HN
Integrate with campaign finance data extension
From 1 comment
Great Idea - I think this really should be integrated with http://allaregreen.us/ AllareGreen is a "..free browser extension for Chrome, Safari, and Firefox that exposes the role…
suprgeek on HN
Questions
How detection works, whether site-specific or general
From 1 comment
nice, how are you doing the detection. do you have to some logic specific to each of the major "news" sites, or is it more generalized than that?
viggity on HN
Alternatives named
Churnalism press release matcher
From 1 comment
Cool - will definitely install! I've been working on some projects along similar lines. First one is http://churnalism.com/extension Browser extensions which check news articles…
EyeballKid on HN
AllAreGreen congress money extension
From 1 comment
Great Idea - I think this really should be integrated with http://allaregreen.us/ AllareGreen is a "..free browser extension for Chrome, Safari, and Firefox that exposes the role…
suprgeek on HN