How do I hide youtube comments?

November 24, 2010 9:38 AM

How do I hide youtube comments in Safari?
posted by mpls2 to Computers & Internet (7 answers total)

You can install GreaseKit or NinjaKit and use the No YouNoobs Userscript. Or, you can use Fluid to make a YouTube-specific browser. Fluid has built-in support for Greasemonkey scripts.
posted by mkb at 9:57 AM on November 24, 2010

the A Cleaner YouTube extension for Safari hides comments, among other things.
posted by jimw at 10:21 AM on November 24, 2010

Best answer: I use the Shut Up extension in Safari (found in the Safari Extensions Gallery) which hides YouTube and most newspaper site comments, You can turn the comments on/off on a site by site basis.
posted by birdherder at 11:25 AM on November 24, 2010 [1 favorite]

On a more case-by-case basis, quietube
posted by ivan ivanych samovar at 12:14 PM on November 24, 2010

Having something that still works when you email links to people is good, otherwise you end up linking to a nasty discussion/argument you didnt even see because your PC has it blocked.

If you have your own webspace, here's some cool javascript which can be used very much like Quietube, it uses a redirect to embed any youtube url on the fly
So for example I can just change this
http://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=l-63pyLPVjk
to this:
http://www.77kg.com/watch/?v=l-63pyLPVjk
posted by Lanark at 1:44 PM on November 24, 2010

You want shutup.css. It started out as a custom stylesheet, but the Safari extension is what I use. It's wonderful.

Disclaimer: I work for the guy who wrote this.
posted by sportbucket at 1:57 PM on November 24, 2010

As far as site features go, Safety Mode will hide comments (on the bottom of the page in the links in the footer, click on Safety Mode).

However it will also hide racy videos, so may not be what you want (especially since "racy" can be used kind of loosely).

Otherwise any number of extensions/etc will do it.
posted by wildcrdj at 5:27 PM on November 24, 2010