Huh? Comments are awful. Shut Up hides them by default, sparing your sanity and preventing you from getting sucked into a world of hurt. "Comments Section", a Chainsawsuit comic by Kris Straub For the sites where discussions can be more constructive – like GitHub, Dropbox, or Stack Overflow – you can show comments by default.
How's it work? Shut Up is an app you can install on an iPhone, iPad, or Mac, and a browser extension you can install in Chrome, Firefox, Edge or Opera. At its core is a stylesheet by Steven Frank called shutup.css. The extension injects the stylesheet's rules into almost all of the pages you visit. When you want to see comments, it couldn't be easier: On Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Opera, or Safari for Mac: Click the Shut Up button in your browser's toolbar.
On iPad or iPhone: Tap the aA icon, then tap "Turn off Content Blockers." Rarely, you might find that Shut Up inadvertently blocks legitimate page content, or doesn't block comments properly. Please contact me if you think something's not working right. If you're good at web development, you can submit a pull request for shutup.css on GitHub.
What about privacy? Shut Up won't track nor spy on your browsing activity. The extension only periodically contacts this server for the newest copy of shutup.css, at which point some temporary diagnostic logs are recorded. On Firefox, this update check is omitted. Learn more about my privacy policies.