February 21, 2026
Slop Wars: The Blocklist Strikes Back
AI uBlock Blacklist
Crowd-made AI slop blocklist sparks cheers, fears and Star Trek memes
TLDR: A community-made filter for a popular ad blocker aims to hide low-quality AI-written sites. Commenters cheer the targeted approach but clash over fairness to non‑native writers, collateral damage to legit sites, and whether this just fuels an arms race as spammy AI adapts—helpful now, but for how long?
The internet just rolled out a homebrew defense against “AI slop.” A solo maintainer launched a hand-curated list for uBlock Origin (a popular browser ad blocker) that lets you auto-hide low-effort, ad-stuffed sites suspected of being written by generative AI. The pitch is simple: if you wanted an AI answer, you’d ask an AI. If you’re Googling, you want a human. The list is narrow, manual, and picky—signs include fluffy, over-the-top intros—and it’s invite-only for additions via GitHub. Fans say it’s a smarter, lighter alternative to the huge block-everything list, linking the new list as the “grounded” choice.
Cue the drama. One early hot take—basically “skill issue, stop relying on AI”—got swatted down by folks warning that tools like Grammarly help non‑native English speakers, not content mills. Others went full sci‑fi: one commenter warned this move just pressures AI spam to evolve—“It’s the Borg, not the Klingons”—so at best we’re slowing them, not stopping them. There’s also a splash of panic about collateral damage: what if legit forums or wikis get flooded with AI junk and end up blocked? Still, the feel-good meme of the day belongs to the speed freaks: after enabling the list, one user quipped their Firefox “already feels more responsive.” Heroic cleanup or temporary duct tape? The comments are ready to rumble.
Key Points
- •A personal uBlock Origin blacklist targets AI-generated content farms to improve browsing quality.
- •Users can subscribe or import the list via the GitHub raw URL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alvi-se/ai-ublock-blacklist/master/list.txt.
- •Contributions are accepted via GitHub issues (reporting) and pull requests (adding sites).
- •Examples of uBlock filter syntax show how to block specific blogs or entire domains.
- •Heuristics for identifying content farms include unnecessary, ornate introductions and conclusions; the list is manually curated and may reflect Italian-site bias.