Reddit Protest

The purpose of this userscript is to protest Reddit's

θα χρειαστεί να εγκαταστήσετε μια επέκταση όπως το Tampermonkey, το Greasemonkey ή το Violentmonkey για να εγκαταστήσετε αυτόν τον κώδικα.

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

θα χρειαστεί να εγκαταστήσετε μια επέκταση όπως το Tampermonkey ή το Violentmonkey για να εγκαταστήσετε αυτόν τον κώδικα.

θα χρειαστεί να εγκαταστήσετε μια επέκταση όπως το Tampermonkey ή το Userscripts για να εγκαταστήσετε αυτόν τον κώδικα.

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

Θα χρειαστεί να εγκαταστήσετε μια επέκταση διαχείρισης κώδικα χρήστη για να εγκαταστήσετε αυτόν τον κώδικα.

(Έχω ήδη έναν διαχειριστή κώδικα χρήστη, επιτρέψτε μου να τον εγκαταστήσω!)

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

(Έχω ήδη έναν διαχειριστή στυλ χρήστη, επιτρέψτε μου να τον εγκαταστήσω!)

// ==UserScript==
// @name        Reddit Protest
// @namespace   Violentmonkey Scripts
// @match       https://www.reddit.com/*
// @grant       none
// @version     1.8
// @author      soot
// @homepage    https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/469398-reddit-protest
// @description The purpose of this userscript is to protest Reddit's 
//              decision to monetize access to its data. This simple 
//              script downvotes and clicks the links of promoted posts
//              (ads) as you scroll. The goal is to increase the 
//              Cost-Per-Click for Reddit's advertisers while also 
//              creating the impression of negative user sentiment
//              towards the ads.
// @license     MIT
// ==/UserScript==
var spans = document.getElementsByTagName('span');
var promoted, parentDiv, link, tab, button;
var clickedLinks = [];
var alreadyDownvoted = false;
var isScrolling = false;
var linkOpened = false;

function findParentDiv(element) {
  if (!element) {
    return null;
  }

  parentDiv = element.parentElement;
  while (parentDiv) {
    if (parentDiv.tagName.toLowerCase() === 'div' && parentDiv.querySelector('a')) {
      return parentDiv;
    }
    parentDiv = parentDiv.parentElement;
  }

  return null;
}


function getAncestorDiv(element) {
  if (!element) {
    return null;
  }

  return element.parentElement.parentElement.parentElement.parentElement.parentElement.parentElement.parentElement;
}



function findDownvoteButton() {

    if (parentDiv.tagName.toLowerCase() === 'div') {
      var buttons = parentDiv.getElementsByTagName("button");
      for (var i = 0; i < buttons.length; ++i) {
        if (buttons[i].getAttribute("aria-label") === "downvote"){
          if (buttons[i].getAttribute("aria-pressed") === "false") {
            alreadyDownvoted = false;
            button = buttons[i];
            return button;
          }
          else
            alreadyDownvoted = true;
        }
      }
    }

  return null;
}


function getLink() {
  var links = parentDiv.getElementsByTagName('a');
  for (var i = 0; i < links.length; ++i) {
    if (links[i].href.includes("www.reddit.com"))
      continue;
    else {
      link = links[i];
      return link;
    }
  }
}


function openAndCloseWindow(url) {
  if (!clickedLinks.includes(url)) {
    clickedLinks.push(url);
    var newTab = window.open(url);
    console.log(url);
    newTab.close();
  }
}


function downvote() {
  if (button) {
    alreadyDownvoted = true;
    button.click();
    button = null;
  }
}

function protest(){
  setTimeout(function(){
    if (parentDiv) {
      findDownvoteButton();
      if (!alreadyDownvoted) {
        downvote();
        getLink();
        openAndCloseWindow(link.href);
      }
    }
  }, 100);
}


function handleScroll() {
  if (isScrolling) {
    return;
  }

  isScrolling = true;

  for (var i = 0; i < spans.length; i++) {
    if (spans[i].textContent === 'promoted' && spans[i].getBoundingClientRect().bottom > 0) {
      promoted = spans[i];
      parentDiv = getAncestorDiv(promoted);
      protest();
    }
  }

  isScrolling = false;
}


window.addEventListener("scroll", function() {
  if (!isScrolling) {
    handleScroll();

    setTimeout(function() {
      isScrolling = false;
    }, 500);
  }
});