Block flashing GIFs that may cause an epileptic seizure
Epilepsy Blocker is a chrome extensions that automatically blocks dangerous, flashing GIFs that may trigger an epileptic seizure to people with photosensitive epilepsy. Think of it as an AdBlocker, but for dangerous animated content.
About Epilepsy Blocker on Product Hunt
“Block flashing GIFs that may cause an epileptic seizure”
Epilepsy Blocker launched on Product Hunt on February 22nd, 2019 and earned 143 upvotes and 9 comments, placing #8 on the daily leaderboard. Epilepsy Blocker is a chrome extensions that automatically blocks dangerous, flashing GIFs that may trigger an epileptic seizure to people with photosensitive epilepsy. Think of it as an AdBlocker, but for dangerous animated content.
On the analytics side, Epilepsy Blocker competes within Health & Fitness — topics that collectively have 82.5k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Epilepsy Blocker performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Epilepsy Blocker?
Epilepsy Blocker was hunted by Alex West. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of Epilepsy Blocker including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
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