Much easier to hide the whole list item.

If they want to unhide it, they can still see the link to do so.

css/popup.css

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ a:hover {
 #posts li.stale {
 	display: none;
 }
-li[data-hidestatus="true"] .votes, li[data-hidestatus="true"] .thumblink, li[data-hidestatus="true"] .link, li[data-hidestatus="true"] .domain, li[data-hidestatus="true"] .meta, li[data-hidestatus="true"] .actions *:not(.hide){
+li[data-hidestatus="true"] {
 	opacity: 0.25;
 }
 .votes {