Removes stories from The Verge's based on keywords, modify it to suit your needs. Defaults to removing "monkey business" stories. Source, issues, PR's etc available on Gitlab. https://gitlab.com/gingersareawesome/the-verge-parental-control
// ==UserScript==
// @version 0.3.28
// @name The Verge Parental Control
// @namespace https://theverge.com
// @description Removes stories from The Verge's based on keywords, modify it to suit your needs. Defaults to removing "monkey business" stories. Source, issues, PR's etc available on Gitlab. https://gitlab.com/gingersareawesome/the-verge-parental-control
// @author GingersAreAwesome
// @license MIT
// @require https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/babel-standalone/6.18.2/babel.js
// @require https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/babel-polyfill/6.16.0/polyfill.js
// @require https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/lodash.js/4.17.4/lodash.min.js
// @match https://www.theverge.com/*
// @run-at document-start
// ==/UserScript==
/* jshint esnext: false */
/* jshint esversion: 6 */
// dom is not completely populated yet, but body element should be
window.document.documentElement.style.visibility = 'hidden'
// Blacklist
let ban = [ // MUST BE LOWER CASE
/politic/,
/mass shooting/,
/suicid/,
/rape/,
/molest/,
/sex/,
/male/,
/harass/,
/allegation/,
/believed/,
/#metoo/,
/seduce/,
/walkout/,
/gender/,
/misconduct/,
/his wife/,
/philander/,
/womaniz/,
/aziz ansari/,
/woody allen/,
/degrasse/,
/ndgt/,
/epstein/,
/sarkeesian/,
/d you push that button/,
/corona/,
/covid/,
/pandemic/,
/epidemic/,
/variant/,
/delta/,
/unite us/,
/unify us/,
/abuse problem/,
/pledges/,
/lives matt/
]
// DO NOT TOUCH
// TODO: bubble up to element with entry in class, remove it.
let removeArticle = (no) => {
no.style.opacity = 0.0
let article = no
do {
article = article.parentNode
if (article === document.documentElement) { return }
if (! article) { return }
} while (article && ! article.className.match(/c-entry-box--compact /))
if (
article
&& article.parentNode
&& article.parentNode.className.match(/c-compact-river__entry /)
) {
article.parentNode.remove()
} else if ( article ){
article.remove()
}
}
window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
console.log('TVBK TamperMonkey script deployed.')
_.set(document.querySelector('.c-masthead__dateline'), 'style.display', 'none')
_.set(document.querySelector('.adblock-allowlist-messaging__wrapper'), 'style.display', 'none')
_.set(document.querySelector('.c-rock-list'), 'style.display', 'none')
_.set(document.querySelector('.main-social'), 'style.display', 'none')
_.set(document.querySelector('.c-rock-newsletter'), 'style.display', 'none')
_.set(document.querySelector('.c-tab-bar'), 'style.display', 'none')
_.set(document.querySelector('.c-related-list .c-video-embed'), 'style.display', 'none')
_.set(document.querySelector('span.c-byline__author-name'), 'style.fontSize', '3.5em')
let links = document.querySelectorAll('a')
console.log('TVBK: Found ' + links.length + ' links.')
ban.forEach(word => {
links.forEach(link => {
if(link.text.toLowerCase().match(word)){
console.log('badword discovered in link: ' + link.text)
removeArticle(link)
}
})
})
window.document.documentElement.style.visibility = 'visible'
}, true)