Hacker Smacker

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

As of June 2026, Hacker Smacker has 70 users in the News & Weather category.

News & Weather

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Users−23.1%

Rating0%

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Version

2.2

Manifest V3

History

9 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 1, 2026.

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Date	Users	Rating	Reviews	Version
Apr 1, 2026	91	—	—	2.2
Apr 10, 2026	98	—	—	2.2
Apr 20, 2026	96	—	—	2.2
Apr 25, 2026	93	—	—	2.2
May 9, 2026	88	—	—	2.2
May 14, 2026	86	—	—	2.2
May 20, 2026	81	—	—	2.2
May 26, 2026	91	—	—	2.2
Jun 8, 2026	88	—	—	2.2
Now	70	—	—	2.2

Permissions & access

Permissions: storage
Host access: https://news.ycombinator.com/, http://news.ycombinator.com/, http://www.hackersmacker.org/, https://www.hackersmacker.org/

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About

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.