Hide Bot Comments

Removes comments made by bots on websites such as YouTube.

Fra og med 14.02.2022. Se den nyeste version.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey, Greasemonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Userscripts to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

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// ==UserScript==
// @name         Hide Bot Comments
// @namespace    https://theusaf.org
// @version      1.1.0
// @description  Removes comments made by bots on websites such as YouTube.
// @author       theusaf
// @match        https://www.youtube.com/**
// @copyright    2022 theusaf
// @license      MIT
// @icon         https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=64&domain=youtube.com
// @grant        none
// ==/UserScript==

const SITES = Object.freeze({
    YOUTUBE: [
      /^\s{2,}/,
      /^https:\/\/[^\s]+$/,
      (text) => {
        const smallLatinCaps = text.match(/[ᴀʙᴄᴅᴇғɢʜɪᴊᴋʟᴍɴᴏᴘᴏ̨ʀsᴛᴜᴠᴡxʏᴢ\s]/g)?.length ?? 0;
        return smallLatinCaps / text.length > 0.7 && text.length > 10;
      }
    ]
  }),
  site = getCurrentSite(),
  commentMutationListener = new MutationObserver((mutations) => {
    for (const mutation of mutations) {
      for (const node of mutation.addedNodes) {
        const text = getCommentText(node, site);
        if (text) {
          if (isCommentLikelyBotComment(text, site)) {
            node.style.display = "none";
          }
        }
      }
    }
  });

commentMutationListener.observe(document.body, {
  subtree: true,
  childList: true
});

/**
 * Determines whether a comment is likely spam.
 *
 * @param {String} text The comment's content
 * @param {Object} site The website the comment is from
 * @return {Boolean}
 */
function isCommentLikelyBotComment(text, siteChecks) {
  for (const check of siteChecks) {
    if (typeof check === "function") {
      if (check(text)) {
        return true;
      }
    } else {
      // assume regex
      if (check.test(text)) {
        return true;
      }
    }
  }
  return false;
}

function getCommentText(node, site) {
  switch (site) {
    case SITES.YOUTUBE: {
      if (node.nodeName === "YTD-COMMENT-RENDERER") {
        return node.querySelector("#content-text").textContent;
      }
    }
  }
  return null;
}

function getCurrentSite() {
  switch (location.hostname) {
    case "www.youtube.com": {
      return SITES.YOUTUBE;
    }
  }
}