Hide Reddit Garbage is a free Chrome extension developed by ShadowJak. It falls under the category of Browsers and specifically belongs to the Add-ons & Tools subcategory. This extension aims to address the issue of outrage-inducing, despair-causing, and unfunny content on Reddit.

Reddit is notorious for its abundance of misleading information, lies, propaganda, and annoying content. This content can be addictive and detrimental to one's mental health, exacerbating existing depression and diminishing motivation to improve one's own situation. Hide Reddit Garbage seeks to alleviate these issues by removing most of the terrible content from Reddit.

Upon activation, either by clicking the "Hide Garbage" button added to both new and old Reddit or by clicking the extension's icon in the "Extensions" menu and selecting "Start," the extension opens a special tab of "old" Reddit. It cycles through various subreddits, hiding the top five posts from each of them. Additionally, it scans through the "all," "news," and "worldnews" pages to hide posts containing specific keywords.

It is important to note that the extension requires users to be logged into Reddit, but it does not have access to any account information, nor does it send any user information anywhere. The extension solely focuses on hiding posts and does not interact with Reddit beyond that. If users feel that the extension is hiding too much, they can access the settings menu by clicking the extension icon in the "Extensions" menu in Chrome.