Automatically hides annoying, repetitive, or meaningless Reddit comments
// ==UserScript== // @name Reddit Comment Filter // @namespace https://codeberg.org/cache_miss // @version 1.3 // @description Automatically hides annoying, repetitive, or meaningless Reddit comments // @author Logan Kirkland <[email protected]> // @license MIT // @match https://www.reddit.com/*/comments/* // @match https://old.reddit.com/*/comments/* // @grant none // @homepageURL https://codeberg.org/cache_miss/reddit-comment-filter // @homepage https://codeberg.org/cache_miss/reddit-comment-filter // @supportURL https://codeberg.org/cache_miss/reddit-comment-filter/issues // ==/UserScript== (function () { 'use strict'; // Regex patterns for comments to filter const FILTERED_PATTERNS = [ /^.{0,50}laughed .{0,50} harder than .{0,50} should.{0,50}$/im, /^.{0,50}spit out .{0,50} coffee.{0,50}$/im, /^.{0,50}going to hell for this.{0,50}$/im, /^.{0,50}enough reddit for today.{0,50}$/im, /^.{0,50}comment right here.{0,50} officer.{0,50}$/im, /^.{0,50}how do .{0,50} delete someone else.{0,50} comment.{0,50}$/im, /^.{0,50}terrible day to have eyes.{0,50}$/im, /^.{0,50}terrible day to be literate.{0,50}$/im, /^.{0,50}take my up\w+.{0,50}$/im, /^.{0,50}sav(?:e|ing) this for later.{0,50}$/im, /^.{0,50}chef'*s kiss.{0,50}$/im, /^.{0,50}cutting onions.{0,50}$/im, /^.{0,50}who hurt you.{0,50}$/im, /^.{0,50}don’*t deserve dogs.{0,50}$/im, /^.{0,50}misread instructions.{0,50}now my.{0,50}$/im, /^.{0,50}tell me you.{0,50} without telling me.{0,50}$/im, /^.{0,50}not all heroe*s wear.{0,50}capes*.{0,50}$/im, /^.{0,50}sigh.{0,50}unzip.{0,50}pants.{0,50}$/im, /^.{0,50}not.{0,50}proudest.{0,50}$/im, /^.{0,50}downvoted for this.*$/im, /^.{0,50}will get downvoted.*$/im, /^.{0,10}this(?: one right)*.{0,10}$/im, /^.*(?:👏.*){5,}.*$/im, /^.{0,10}rip.{0,10}$/im, /^.{0,50}underrated \w+.{0,10}$/im, /^.{0,10}came here to \w+ this.{0,10}$/im, /^.{0,50}scroll(?:ed)* \w+ far.{0,50}$/im, /^.{0,10}beat\s*(?:me|meat|my meat)\s*to\s*it.{0,10}$/im, /^.{0,10}too poor.{0,10}give.{0,10}gold.{0,10}$/im, /^.{0,50}not crying.{0,10}you.{0,5}crying.{0,50}$/im, /^this \w+ \w+s.{0,10}$/im, /^.{0,50}am i the only one who.*$/im, /^.{0,50}is it just me.*$/im, /^f$/im, /^.{0,10}f in the.{0,50}$/im, /^.{0,10}must be fun at part.{0,50}$/im, /^chat.{0,10}is this real.{0,10}$/im, /^is this real.{0,10}chat.{0,10}$/im, /^.{0,50}don'*t \w+ (?:how|why) this (?:comment |post )*is so low.{0,50}$/im, /^(?:how|why) is this (?:comment |post )*so low.{0,10}$/im, /^i hate sand.{0,80}$/im, /^.{0,10}play \w+ \w+,* win \w+ \w+.{0,10}$/im, /^.{0,10}every \w*\s*thread.{0,10}$/im, /^thanks for the .{0,20} kind.{0,50}$/im, /^.{0,50}good (?:sir|lady|madam).{0,50}$/im, /^.{0,50}believe.{0,50}(top|most).{0,50}comment.{0,50}$/im, /^.{0,50}calm down satan.{0,50}$/im, /^.{0,50}repost{0,50}$/im, /^.{0,50}mom'*s spaghetti{0,50}$/im, ]; function isOldReddit() { return document.URL.includes("old.reddit.com") } function shouldFilter(text) { return FILTERED_PATTERNS.some(pattern => pattern.test(text)); } function processComments() { const oldReddit = isOldReddit(); const comments = document.querySelectorAll(oldReddit ? 'div.comment' : 'shreddit-comment') for (const comment of comments) { const commentTextNode = comment.querySelector(oldReddit ? '.md' : 'div[slot="comment"]') // Comment text sometimes doesn't exist, such as when the comment // has been deleted if (commentTextNode === null) continue; const commentText = commentTextNode.textContent.trim().replace(/\n/g, ' '); if (shouldFilter(commentText)) { comment.remove(); numFiltered++; console.debug("Filtered comment: " + commentText) } } } // Initial processing let numFiltered = 0; processComments(); console.debug("Total comments filtered: " + numFiltered) // Monitor DOM changes for dynamically loaded comments const observer = new MutationObserver((mutations) => { mutations.forEach((mutation) => { if (mutation.addedNodes.length) { processComments(); console.debug("Total comments filtered: " + numFiltered) } }); }); observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true }); })();
