Show HN: Dashbuster – Replace em dashes on any website
DashBuster is a browser extension designed to replace em dashes on any website with a character of the user's choice. The tool provides a real-time counter and a leaderboard to track which sites overuse em dashes. It aims to enhance reading clarity by eliminating the disruptive nature of em dashes.
- ▪DashBuster allows users to replace em dashes with hyphens, spaces, or emojis.
- ▪The extension features a Hall of Shame leaderboard to highlight websites that frequently misuse em dashes.
- ▪It does not collect user data and has no performance impact on browsing.
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| Original publisher | |
| Canonical URL | https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/dashbuster/pnfhimkhinoecknjhlggdbgoajcogfll |
| Publication time | Mon, 18 May 2026 01:48:38 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-18T02:03:21.278Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-18T02:03:21.278Z |
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| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
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| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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DashBusterqainsights.comShareExtensionJust for Fun1 userAdd to ChromeOverviewReplace em dashes on any website. Pick your replacement character and see which sites overuse them the most.Tired of writers who think a 2-em-dash sentence like this makes them sound smarter? DashBuster silently replaces every em dash on any website with the character of your choice. One toggle. Zero tolerance. What It Does Instant replacement em dashes become hyphens, spaces, robot emojis 🤖, or poop emojis 💩 Real-time counter see how many dashes you've busted on the current page Hall of Shame lifetime leaderboard of which sites abuse em dashes the most. Screenshot it. Share it. Shame them.
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