● Covered by 1 source · 1 reportLow impact1 neutral
Chrome Extension "Is It Greg?" Highlights Greg Sadetsky's Activity on Hacker News
Key points
- Highlights Hacker News content from user gregsadetsky.
- Flags links to greg.technology or its subdomains.
- Displays an orange Greg badge and dancing Greg animation.
- No special permissions needed beyond news.ycombinator.com.
Extension Functionality
The "Is It Greg?" Chrome extension adds visual cues to Hacker News. It identifies submissions and comments made by the user "gregsadetsky" and any links pointing to "greg.technology" or its subdomains. Matches are marked with a small orange badge featuring Greg's face.
Visual Indicators and Interaction
When Greg-related content is present on a page, a dancing Greg animation appears in the bottom-right corner, along with a tally of highlighted items. Clicking the dancing Greg throws more Gregs across the screen, and clicking the orange count button navigates to the next highlighted item on the page. A "reduce motion" setting is available to disable animations.
Installation and Permissions
The extension can be installed by enabling Developer mode in Chrome's extensions settings and loading the unpacked repository directory. It operates without a build step or external dependencies. The only required permission is to run on news.ycombinator.com, ensuring it does not access other user data or websites.
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Primary sources
GitHub cmc_internal/api GitHub github/collect GitHub antoineleclair/is-it-greg GitHub _private/browser GitHub get-started/accessibility GitHub open-source/sponsorsReporting from
A new Chrome extension called "Is It Greg?" identifies and highlights Hacker News submissions and comments from user "gregsadetsky" or links to "greg.technology" and its subdomains. This tool provides a visual indicator for content related to a specific individual on the Hacker News platform.