diff --git a/app/javascript/src/javascripts/blacklists.js b/app/javascript/src/javascripts/blacklists.js
index d630646fa..3264dd67e 100644
--- a/app/javascript/src/javascripts/blacklists.js
+++ b/app/javascript/src/javascripts/blacklists.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Blacklist.parse_entry = function(string) {
     "tags": string,
     "require": [],
     "exclude": [],
+    "optional": [],
     "disabled": false,
     "hits": 0,
     "min_score": null
@@ -18,6 +19,8 @@ Blacklist.parse_entry = function(string) {
   $.each(matches, function(i, tag) {
     if (tag.charAt(0) === '-') {
       entry.exclude.push(tag.slice(1));
+    } else if (tag.charAt(0) === '~') {
+      entry.optional.push(tag.slice(1));
     } else if (tag.match(/^score:<.+/)) {
       var score = tag.match(/^score:<(.+)/)[1];
       entry.min_score = parseInt(score);
@@ -30,6 +33,7 @@ Blacklist.parse_entry = function(string) {
 
 Blacklist.parse_entries = function() {
   var entries = (Utility.meta("blacklisted-tags") || "nozomiisthebestlovelive").replace(/(rating:[qes])\w+/ig, "$1").toLowerCase().split(/,/);
+  entries = entries.filter(e => e.trim() !== "");
 
   $.each(entries, function(i, tags) {
     var entry = Blacklist.parse_entry(tags);
@@ -51,6 +55,7 @@ Blacklist.toggle_entry = function(e) {
     }
   }
   Blacklist.apply();
+  e.preventDefault();
 }
 
 Blacklist.update_sidebar = function() {
@@ -64,6 +69,8 @@ Blacklist.update_sidebar = function() {
     var count = $("<span/>");
 
     link.text(entry.tags);
+    link.attr("href", `/posts?tags=${encodeURIComponent(entry.tags)}`);
+    link.attr("title", entry.tags);
     link.click(Blacklist.toggle_entry);
     count.html(entry.hits);
     count.addClass("count");
@@ -156,7 +163,10 @@ Blacklist.post_match = function(post, entry) {
   $.each(String($post.data("flags")).match(/\S+/g) || [], function(i, v) {
     tags.push("status:" + v);
   });
-  return (entry.require.length > 0 || entry.exclude.length > 0) && Utility.is_subset(tags, entry.require) && !Utility.intersect(tags, entry.exclude).length;
+
+  return Utility.is_subset(tags, entry.require)
+    && (!entry.optional.length || Utility.intersect(tags, entry.optional).length)
+    && !Utility.intersect(tags, entry.exclude).length;
 }
 
 Blacklist.post_hide = function(post) {
diff --git a/app/javascript/src/styles/common/blacklists.scss b/app/javascript/src/styles/common/blacklists.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..da4604032
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/javascript/src/styles/common/blacklists.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+@import "../base/000_vars.scss";
+
+#blacklist-box {
+  display: none;
+
+  #blacklist-list {
+    a {
+      display: inline-block;
+      overflow: hidden;
+      text-overflow: ellipsis;
+      white-space: nowrap;
+      vertical-align: bottom;
+    }
+
+    a.blacklisted-active {
+      text-decoration: line-through;
+    }
+  }
+
+  &.sidebar-blacklist ul li {
+    list-style-type: disc;
+    list-style-position: inside;
+
+    a {
+      max-width: 75%;
+    }
+  }
+
+  &.inline-blacklist {
+    margin-bottom: 1em;
+
+    #blacklist-list {
+      display: inline;
+
+      li {
+        display: inline;
+        margin-right: 1em;
+
+        a {
+          max-width: 25%;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+.post-preview.blacklisted-active, #image-container.blacklisted-active, #c-comments .post.blacklisted-active {
+  display: none;
+}
diff --git a/app/javascript/src/styles/common/main_layout.scss b/app/javascript/src/styles/common/main_layout.scss
index 661984bfd..7c35ada30 100644
--- a/app/javascript/src/styles/common/main_layout.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/src/styles/common/main_layout.scss
@@ -65,23 +65,6 @@ div#page {
     margin-bottom: 1em;
   }
 
-  aside#sidebar > section#blacklist-box ul {
-    margin-left: 1em;
-
-    li {
-      list-style-type: disc;
-    }
-
-    a {
-      color: $link_color;
-      cursor: pointer;
-    }
-
-    span {
-      color: #AAA;
-    }
-  }
-
   section#content {
     overflow: visible;
     margin-left: 15em;
diff --git a/app/javascript/src/styles/specific/comments.scss b/app/javascript/src/styles/specific/comments.scss
index 7bbeb4c38..c39219295 100644
--- a/app/javascript/src/styles/specific/comments.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/src/styles/specific/comments.scss
@@ -123,10 +123,6 @@ div#c-comments {
         }
       }
     }
-
-    div.post.blacklisted.blacklisted-active {
-      display: none;
-    }
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/app/javascript/src/styles/specific/posts.scss b/app/javascript/src/styles/specific/posts.scss
index cb905cb0e..19ded8736 100644
--- a/app/javascript/src/styles/specific/posts.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/src/styles/specific/posts.scss
@@ -51,14 +51,6 @@ article.post-preview {
   margin-top: 1em;
 }
 
-a.blacklisted-active {
-  text-decoration: line-through;
-}
-
-.post-preview.blacklisted-active, #image-container.blacklisted-active {
-  display: none;
-}
-
 #excerpt p.links {
   margin-top: 1em;
 }
@@ -499,33 +491,6 @@ div#c-explore-posts {
   }
 }
 
-#blacklist-box {
-  display: none;
-}
-
-#blacklist-box.inline-blacklist {
-  margin-bottom: 1em;
-
-  #blacklist-list {
-    display: inline;
-  }
-
-  #blacklist-list li {
-    display: inline;
-    margin-right: 1em;
-
-    a {
-      color: $link_color;
-      cursor: pointer;
-    }
-
-    span.count {
-      color: #AAA;
-      margin-left: 0;
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 div#unapprove-dialog {
   p {
     margin-bottom: 1em;
diff --git a/app/views/posts/partials/index/_blacklist.html.erb b/app/views/posts/partials/index/_blacklist.html.erb
index 979d49849..16850d512 100644
--- a/app/views/posts/partials/index/_blacklist.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/posts/partials/index/_blacklist.html.erb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-<section id="blacklist-box">
+<div id="blacklist-box" class="sidebar-blacklist">
   <h1>Blacklisted (<%= link_to "Help", wiki_pages_path(:title => "help:blacklists") %>)</h1>
   <ul id="blacklist-list">
   </ul>
   <%= link_to "Disable all", "#", :id => "disable-all-blacklists", :style => "display: none;" %>
   <%= link_to "Re-enable all", "#", :id => "re-enable-all-blacklists", :style => "display: none;" %>
-</section>
+</div>
diff --git a/app/views/wiki_pages/_sidebar.html.erb b/app/views/wiki_pages/_sidebar.html.erb
index 3a4e6981f..461e3bccf 100644
--- a/app/views/wiki_pages/_sidebar.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/wiki_pages/_sidebar.html.erb
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
 <aside id="sidebar">
+  <%= render "posts/partials/index/blacklist" %>
   <%= render "wiki_pages/recent_changes" %>
-
-  <section id="blacklist-box">
-    <h1>Blacklisted</h1>
-    <ul id="blacklist-list">
-    </ul>
-  </section>
 </aside>