Because Matt moved, thus breaking the Pie Filter I wrote for his site, I've been forced to write a new one.

So, download and install, if you wish (you’ll need FireFox and Greasemonkey, first). You’ll have to do some minor editing on the script itself - to add your list of targets, and optionally, to change the comment-abusing style. Again, all the stuff you need to monkey (get it?) with is clearly commented.

If you’re using FF v2.0 (or 3.0), and you’ve installed GreaseMonkey, and installed this script, just go to the Tools menu, choose GreaseMonkey / Manage User Scripts, select the script and click Edit. The things you need to edit are right there at the top. It’s basically just a matter of changing the default ‘baddies’ names to the names of the people you want. You can have as many names as you want. If you need more help, feel free to ask.

Because the others are so useful, I've created a Greasemonkey script for Balloon Juice, to disemvowel comments from users you don’t like.

It works the same as the others, and the same caveats apply (works based on the name the commenter uses, etc). In addition to good old dsmvwllng, it also has options for replacing their text with a nice white-on-black    REDACTED    banner; or it can make the text really small: Look at me, I'm small!. It also has a special "I Like Pie" mode (thanks to d-p-u).

So, Download and install, if you wish (you’ll need Greasemonkey, first : FireFox, GM 4 IE).

(note: the following text is obsolete, as of 8/2/2011, because the latest edition of the BJ pie filter allows you to add/remove people from your pie list via two buttons on the comment page itself - no more editing required! )

You’ll have to do some minor editing on the script itself - to add your list of targets, and optionally, to change the comment-abusing style. Again, all the stuff you need to monkey with (haha) is clearly commented.

If you’re using FireFox, and you’ve installed GreaseMonkey, and installed this script, just go to the Tools menu, choose GreaseMonkey / Manage User Scripts, select the script and click Edit. (not sure where the option is in IE. you'll find it). The things you need to edit are right there at the top. It’s basically just a matter of changing the default ‘baddies’ names to the names of the people you want to filter. You can have as many names as you want. If you need more help, feel free to ask.

New pie filter, for M.Y.'s ThinkProgress blog, here.

Because the others are so useful, I've created a Greasemonkey script for Matthew Yglesias' blog, to disemvowel comments from users who aren't worth reading.

If you're using FF v2.0, and you've installed GreaseMonkey, and installed this script, just go to the Tools menu, choose GreaseMonkey / Manage User Scripts, select the script and click Edit. The things you need to edit are right there at the top. It's basically just a matter of changing the default 'baddies' names to the names of the people you want. You can have as many names as you want. If you need more help, feel free to ask.

Because the last one was so much fun, I've created a Greasemonkey script for WashingtonMonthly.com to disemvowel comments from users you don't like.

It works basically the same as the ObWi version, and the same caveats apply (works based on the name the commenter uses, etc). In addition to good old dsmvwllng, it also has options for replacing their text with a nice white-on-black    REDACTED   , or to make the text really small: Look at me, I'm small!. It also has a special "I Like Pie" mode (thanks to d-p-u).

So, download and install, if you wish (you'll need FireFox and Greasemonkey, first). You'll have to do some minor editing on the script itself - to add your list of targets, and optionally, to change the comment-abusing style. Again, all the stuff you need to monkey (get it?) with is clearly commented.

If you're using FF v2.0, and you've installed GreaseMonkey, and installed this script, just go to the Tools menu, choose GreaseMonkey / Manage User Scripts, select the script and click Edit. The things you need to edit are right there at the top. It's basically just a matter of changing the default 'baddies' names to the names of the people you want. You can have as many names as you want. If you need more help, feel free to ask.

I wrote a little Greasemonkey script for Obsidian Wings that will automagically disemvowel comments from users you don't want to read. In addition to good old dsmvwllng, it also has options for replacing their text with a nice white-on-black    REDACTED   , or to make the text really small: Look at me, I'm small!.

Updated: Now with a sweet new "I Like Pie" mode - thanks double-plus-ungood!

Update: Also, a Washington Monthly version, here.

Download / install, if you wish (you'll need FireFox and Greasemonkey, first). You'll have to do some minor editing on the script itself - to add your list of targets, and optionally, to change the comment-abusing style. But, don't worry, all the stuff you need to monkey with (ha!) is clearly commented.

Note that it only matches against the user's name, so you might just find yourself playing catch-up, if your targets frequently change their posting name (as they are completely free to do, on ObWi).

Also, this probably won't work anywhere else, since it relies on the structure of ObWi's HTML. Though maybe all TypePad blogs are similar... ?