# hnsansai

7 Hacker News commenters recommended hnsansai and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a filter that hides AI posts from Hacker News, with one user reporting the front page dropped from 30 posts to 14.

## Why people recommend it

- Cuts front page posts roughly in half (1 comments): "I just used this and it reduced the front page of 30 posts to 14." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49659024))
- Most top, new and best posts interesting (1 comments): "Almost everything in top/new/best is an interesting read." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49658080))
- Used as a reading break (1 comments): "I use this when I need a break" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49657887))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Hacker News client for macOS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/native-macos-hacker-news-client.md): 26 recommend
- [hcker.news](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hcker-news.md): 18 recommend
- [hckrnews.com](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hckrnews-com.md): 18 recommend
- [The Front Page](https://hackerapproved.com/p/front-page.md): 16 recommend
- [Hacker News, without AI](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hacker-news-without-ai.md): 16 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "hnsansai", https://hackerapproved.com/p/hnsansai/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).