Rump Block

November 11, 2024 6:12 AM

I'd like to block Firefox from showing me pictures of the orange menace. Is this possible?

I've tried the Mr. BullyBlock extension; replaces the name but does not block pictures. Seems like I should be able to block by tag or metadata? I can't find an extension that does this.

posted by Dashy to Technology (6 answers total)

Images on the web aren't required to have any metadata or tagging of their contents. The relevant surname might happen to be present in the filename or alt text, but it might easily not be.

The only way I can imagine this working with any reliability is an extension which sent every image on every webpage you view to an AI, and asked it "does this image contain this well-known individual".
posted by Klipspringer at 6:21 AM on November 11, 2024 [2 favorites]

If you didn't mind erring on the side of false positives, an extension could be built easily enough that would block all images on a page featuring that gross person's name.
posted by johngoren at 6:47 AM on November 11, 2024 [1 favorite]

Best answer: Last go-round I used Make America Kittens Again, which worked pretty well but not perfectly, probably for the reasons outlined above.
posted by JanetLand at 7:38 AM on November 11, 2024 [10 favorites]

Response by poster: omg, the Kittens one works on Blue Sky. Win!
posted by Dashy at 8:29 AM on November 11, 2024 [2 favorites]

I have the kittens one too. It works on some things, but not on NPR unfortunately.
posted by bluesky78987 at 11:54 AM on November 11, 2024

Tried the kitten one. Doesn't work on FB.
posted by Ferrari328 at 6:48 AM on November 12, 2024