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Old Reddit Open Thread Instead of Post

Replace main links from home subreddits to threads directly rather than posts (Images, other websites, etc.) Only affects the main subreddit listing, not comments.

// ==UserScript==
// @name         Old Reddit Open Thread Instead of Post
// @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version      1.3
// @description  Replace main links from home subreddits to threads directly rather than posts (Images, other websites, etc.) Only affects the main subreddit listing, not comments.
// @author       Berkay
// @match        https://old.reddit.com/r/*
// @match        https://www.reddit.com/r/*
// @icon         https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=64&domain=reddit.com
// @grant        none
// @license      MIT
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
    'use strict';

    // Exit the script if the URL contains '/comments/', indicating a thread page
    if (window.location.pathname.includes('/comments/')) {
        return;
    }

    // Function to replace post links with comment/thread links
    function replacePostLinks() {
        // Select all post containers within the main listing
        const postContainers = document.querySelectorAll('div.thing[data-context="listing"]');

        postContainers.forEach(container => {
            // Find the title link within the container
            const titleLink = container.querySelector('a[data-event-action="title"]');
            // Find the comments link within the container
            const commentsLink = container.querySelector('a[data-event-action="comments"]');

            if (titleLink && commentsLink) {
                // Replace the href of the title link with the href of the comments link
                titleLink.href = commentsLink.href;
            }
        });
    }

    // Run the function when the page loads
    window.addEventListener('load', replacePostLinks);

    // Observe DOM changes to handle dynamically loaded content (e.g., infinite scroll)
    const observer = new MutationObserver((mutations) => {
        mutations.forEach(() => {
            replacePostLinks();
        });
    });

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