Alternatives

Products that do what I compiled a list of the most suspended/silenced Mastodon instances does

1. 1RL
   Reading list of popular Hacker News users▲143

   2019 · collectoral.com

2. 2AD
   A decentralized index of banned users and where to find their content▲74

   2018 · beforetheban.com

3. 3IB
   I Built a “Google Alerts” for Hacker News▲151

   2019 · pipedream.com

4. 4MA
   Mastodon, a federated microblogging network▲172

   2017 · mastodon.social

5. 5
   Mastodon▲272

   Open-source decentralized microblogging platform

   2016

6. 6IW
   I wrote a new user guide for the offshoot of GNU Social, Mastodon▲6

   2016 · swaldie.github.io

7. 7MA
   Mastodon Analytics▲5

   2023 · mastodon-analytics.com

8. 8ID
   I developed a native macOS Hacker News client▲188

   2021 · github.com

9. 9HN
   Hacker News Map 2011▲77

   2011 · jmarbach.com

10. 10MP
    My Personal Hacker News Reader▲81

    2014 · github.com

11. 11AC
    A Curated List of Rabbit Holes on the Internet▲45

    2016 · github.com

12. 12LO
    List of IPs making illegal auth attempts and users used doing so▲15

    2019 · github.com

13. 13ZC
    zygolophodon: CLI for reading Mastodon posts (no account needed)▲7

    2022 · github.com

14. 14IM
    I made Hacker News 4chan-style▲40

    2021 · hnchan.netlify.app

15. 15AC
    A Curated List for Application Security▲21

    2015 · github.com

16. 16IB
    I built a FOSS service to protect against link shorteners tracking us▲57

    2019 · unshort.link

17. 17FA
    Feedseer – A Mastodon instance to filter out posts based on content▲40

    2018 · feedseer.com

18. 18HI
    How I Hacked.info – Open source database of hacking stories▲21

    2015 · howihacked.info

19. 19HC
    Hackertalk – CLI tool that finds Hacker News discussion for any URL▲24

    2014 · github.com

20. 20IM
    I made a Hacker News for everyone.▲18

    2011 · whatsupedia.com

21. 21IM
    I made a free log anonymizer in the browser▲6

    Nov 2025 · getloglens.com

22. 22IM
    I made a browser extension that fixes Hacker News' block formatting▲18

    2019 · github.com

23. 23DN
    Darker News for Safari (Dark Mode for Hacker News)▲11

    2021 · apps.apple.com

24. 24AF
    A fully automated AdGuard blocklist repo▲19

    2020 · github.com

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