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Life & fun · December 7, 2010

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Top Comment Highlighter

I wrote a quick and dirty script that I wanted to share with HN. This bookmarklet will put a border around the top 10 comments on any comments page so you can quickly see what comments other readers find valueable. Just create a new bookmark and copy the text below into the URL field.…

Top Comment Highlighter launched on December 7, 2010 with 8 votes, #36 of 98 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 15 years on.

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What it does

In the maker’s words, at launch

I wrote a quick and dirty script that I wanted to share with HN. This bookmarklet will put a border around the top 10 comments on any comments page so you can quickly see what comments other readers find valueable. Just create a new bookmark and copy the text below into the URL field.…

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